• Is this what you require ?

    DECLARE @String VARCHAR(8000),@Delimiter CHAR(1)

    SET @Delimiter = '-'

    SET @String = 'A-ab-xx-y-vv-w w-'

    select @String, REPLACE(@String,@Delimiter,',')

    Result:

    (Orinial) (Replaced)

    A-ab-xx-y-vv-w w- A,ab,xx,y,vv,w w,

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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