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Need to pivot semi-colon separated names 1

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HoustonGuy

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Jun 29, 2000
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I have this list:

Name1;Name2;Name3; etc.

And need to write code to pivot it to this:

Name1
Name2
Name3

Any suggestions?
 
Vague question, so one of the answers: replace [tt];[/tt] with Enter / hard return

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To be more specific, I need to create a column populated with names that are semi-colon delimited.
I do have this, but would like to insert into separate rows into a single column.

SQL:
DECLARE @TestString varchar(max), @NewString varchar(max)

SET @TestString ='Name1111;Name2;GalvestonIsland;Name3;Name33333;Name444;'
SET @NewString =REPLACE ( @TestString , ';' , CHAR(13) )--hard code a new line feed
PRINT @NewString;

I suspect I'll need to iterate through the string, or use SSIS for a quick load into a table.
 
I am thinking this is a limited example any you want to combine multiple items from a table.

Take a look at FOR XML PATH here in the forums and google

Simi
 
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