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I am trying to clean up some data and I need to seperate out some values, I have a table that looks something like this. EmploymentID Areas 101 |1.2|1.3|1.4| 716 |2.3|2.4|2.5| 671 |3.4|3.5|3.6| What I want it to look like is as follows EmploymentID Areas 101 |1.2| 101 |1.3| 101 |1.4| 716 |2.3| 716 |2.4| 716 |2.5| 671 |3.4| 671 |3.5| 671 |3.6| There can be more than 3 lots of numbers, I have just done this as an example The EmploymentID is an (int) and the Areas (varchar(255)) Thanks for any help
You are treating a field like an array. It's not really a good idea -as you
are finding out. Look up the use of patindex() in Books Online. I think that you will become very good at using patindex(). Also, these resources may help you. Arrays and Lists in SQL Server http://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql.html http://www.realsqlguy.com/?p=9 http://www.aspfaq.com/2248 http://realsqlguy.com/twiki/bin/view/RealSQLGuy/ParseDelimitedStringToTable 2005- http://omnibuzz-sql.blogspot.com/2006/06/interesting-queries-using-recursive.html -- Arnie Rowland, Ph.D. Westwood Consulting, Inc Most good judgment comes from experience. Most experience comes from bad judgment. - Anonymous [quoted text, click to view] "Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9BDC616D-590D-468C-BB80-FB3FBFC1703C@microsoft.com... > Hi. > > I am trying to clean up some data and I need to seperate out some values, > I > have a table that looks something like this. > > EmploymentID Areas > 101 |1.2|1.3|1.4| > 716 |2.3|2.4|2.5| > 671 |3.4|3.5|3.6| > > What I want it to look like is as follows > > EmploymentID Areas > 101 |1.2| > 101 |1.3| > 101 |1.4| > 716 |2.3| > 716 |2.4| > 716 |2.5| > 671 |3.4| > 671 |3.5| > 671 |3.6| > > There can be more than 3 lots of numbers, I have just done this as an > example > The EmploymentID is an (int) and the Areas (varchar(255)) > > Thanks for any help > > PD
Hi Arnie,
Thanks for the response, those links were great. The only problem that I have is that I need the employment ID each time I get one of the area codes and the code from the links just breaks up the area codes but does not allow me to get any other fields of data, if you can offer and more advice or links it would be much appreciated. Thanks Phil [quoted text, click to view] "Arnie Rowland" wrote:
> You are treating a field like an array. It's not really a good idea -as you > are finding out. > > Look up the use of patindex() in Books Online. I think that you will become > very good at using patindex(). > > Also, these resources may help you. > > Arrays and Lists in SQL Server > http://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql.html > http://www.realsqlguy.com/?p=9 > http://www.aspfaq.com/2248 > http://realsqlguy.com/twiki/bin/view/RealSQLGuy/ParseDelimitedStringToTable > 2005- > http://omnibuzz-sql.blogspot.com/2006/06/interesting-queries-using-recursive.html > > > -- > Arnie Rowland, Ph.D. > Westwood Consulting, Inc > > Most good judgment comes from experience. > Most experience comes from bad judgment. > - Anonymous > > > "Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9BDC616D-590D-468C-BB80-FB3FBFC1703C@microsoft.com... > > Hi. > > > > I am trying to clean up some data and I need to seperate out some values, > > I > > have a table that looks something like this. > > > > EmploymentID Areas > > 101 |1.2|1.3|1.4| > > 716 |2.3|2.4|2.5| > > 671 |3.4|3.5|3.6| > > > > What I want it to look like is as follows > > > > EmploymentID Areas > > 101 |1.2| > > 101 |1.3| > > 101 |1.4| > > 716 |2.3| > > 716 |2.4| > > 716 |2.5| > > 671 |3.4| > > 671 |3.5| > > 671 |3.6| > > > > There can be more than 3 lots of numbers, I have just done this as an > > example > > The EmploymentID is an (int) and the Areas (varchar(255)) > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > PD > >
I'm sure, that if you will look though that material again, you will see
that it is a easy task to include additional columns from the table -even as you are deconstruction a single field. Having the deconstructed data, without any way to relate it to the remainder of the data would be worthless -n'est-ce pas? -- Arnie Rowland, Ph.D. Westwood Consulting, Inc Most good judgment comes from experience. Most experience comes from bad judgment. - Anonymous [quoted text, click to view] "Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1A886F4B-9AEC-44F0-A7D2-C7126DC9965C@microsoft.com... > Hi Arnie, > > Thanks for the response, those links were great. > > The only problem that I have is that I need the employment ID each time I > get one of the area codes and the code from the links just breaks up the > area > codes but does not allow me to get any other fields of data, if you can > offer > and more advice or links it would be much appreciated. > > Thanks Phil > > "Arnie Rowland" wrote: > >> You are treating a field like an array. It's not really a good idea -as >> you >> are finding out. >> >> Look up the use of patindex() in Books Online. I think that you will >> become >> very good at using patindex(). >> >> Also, these resources may help you. >> >> Arrays and Lists in SQL Server >> http://www.sommarskog.se/arrays-in-sql.html >> http://www.realsqlguy.com/?p=9 >> http://www.aspfaq.com/2248 >> http://realsqlguy.com/twiki/bin/view/RealSQLGuy/ParseDelimitedStringToTable >> 2005- >> http://omnibuzz-sql.blogspot.com/2006/06/interesting-queries-using-recursive.html >> >> >> -- >> Arnie Rowland, Ph.D. >> Westwood Consulting, Inc >> >> Most good judgment comes from experience. >> Most experience comes from bad judgment. >> - Anonymous >> >> >> "Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:9BDC616D-590D-468C-BB80-FB3FBFC1703C@microsoft.com... >> > Hi. >> > >> > I am trying to clean up some data and I need to seperate out some >> > values, >> > I >> > have a table that looks something like this. >> > >> > EmploymentID Areas >> > 101 >> > |1.2|1.3|1.4| >> > 716 >> > |2.3|2.4|2.5| >> > 671 >> > |3.4|3.5|3.6| >> > >> > What I want it to look like is as follows >> > >> > EmploymentID Areas >> > 101 |1.2| >> > 101 |1.3| >> > 101 |1.4| >> > 716 |2.3| >> > 716 |2.4| >> > 716 |2.5| >> > 671 |3.4| >> > 671 |3.5| >> > 671 |3.6| >> > >> > There can be more than 3 lots of numbers, I have just done this as an >> > example >> > The EmploymentID is an (int) and the Areas (varchar(255)) >> > >> > Thanks for any help >> > >> > PD >> >> >>
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