SrcName (10/22/2013)
declare @input varchar(50)='100,200,300,400,500'select '1', q2.value from
( SELECT cast('<x>'+replace(@input,',','</x><x>')+'</x>' as xml) as txml ) q1 CROSS APPLY
( SELECT x.value('.','varchar(100)') as value FROM txml.nodes('x') as f(x) )q2
You too should have a read of that article. In case you missed it, you can find it in my signature too. The article about splitting strings. It is a serious mind opening read.
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