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johnv wrote:
> I have this string in a field called 'ID':
>
> 1000,1001,1002,...n
>
> In sql only, how can i write a view that treats the comma as a new row
> so that my result set reads as:
>
> ID
> -------
> 1000
> 1001
> 1002
>
Actually this would be an interesting exercise for SQL <-> XML.
Simply replace the ',' with tags. Add a leading and ending tag to the
whole beast and you got yourself a sequence. Now turn the XML into a
result set.
Cheers
Serge
-- Serge Rielau DB2 Solutions Development IBM Toronto LabReceived on Tue May 09 2006 - 23:03:15 CDT
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