SQL Server - Parsing a delimited string

CREATE FUNCTION ParseValues

(@String varchar(8000), @Delimiter varchar(10) )

RETURNS @RESULTS TABLE (ID int identity(1,1), Val varchar(8000))

AS

BEGIN

DECLARE @Value varchar(100)

WHILE @String is not null

BEGIN

SELECT @Value=CASE WHEN PATINDEX('%'+@Delimiter+'%',@String) >0 THEN LEFT(@String,PATINDEX('%'+@Delimiter+'%',@String)-1) ELSE @String END, @String=CASE WHEN PATINDEX('%'+@Delimiter+'%',@String) >0 THEN SUBSTRING(@String,PATINDEX('%'+@Delimiter+'%',@String)+LEN(@Delimiter),LEN(@String)) ELSE NULL END

INSERT INTO @RESULTS (Val)

SELECT @Value

END

RETURN

END

Example usage

select * from dbo.ParseValues('This|~~|is|~~|a|~~|delimited|~~|string|~~|value','|~~|')

Result