MySQL Split String Function

May 21st, 2013 | Comments

MySQL does not include a function to split a delimited string. However, it’s very easy to create your own function.
Federico Cargnelutti blog.fedecarg.com/2009/02/22/…

SPLIT_STR FUNCTIONlink

CREATE FUNCTION SPLIT_STR(
  x VARCHAR(255),
  delim VARCHAR(12),
  pos INT
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(255)
RETURN REPLACE(SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos),
       LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos -1)) + 1),
       delim, '');