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copied!<p>As an alternative to using a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/18615687/426671">split function</a>, you can split the data using a <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186243%28v=sql.105%29.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">recursive common-table-expression</a>. </p> <pre><code>;with cte as ( select SaveName, cast(left(Para1, charindex(',',Para1+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para1, stuff(Para1, 1, charindex(',',Para1+','), '') para1list, cast(left(Para2, charindex(',',Para2+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para2, stuff(Para2, 1, charindex(',',Para2+','), '') para2list, cast(left(Para3, charindex(',',Para3+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para3, stuff(Para3, 1, charindex(',',Para3+','), '') para3list, cast(left(Para4, charindex(',',Para4+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para4, stuff(Para4, 1, charindex(',',Para4+','), '') para4list, cast(left(Para5, charindex(',',Para5+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para5, stuff(Para5, 1, charindex(',',Para5+','), '') para5list, cast(left(Para6, charindex(',',Para6+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para6, stuff(Para6, 1, charindex(',',Para6+','), '') para6list from yourtable union all select SaveName, cast(left(para1list, charindex(',',para1list+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para1, stuff(para1list, 1, charindex(',',para1list+','), '') para1list, cast(left(Para2list, charindex(',',Para2list+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para2, stuff(Para2list, 1, charindex(',',Para2list+','), '') para2list, cast(left(Para3list, charindex(',',Para3list+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para3, stuff(Para3list, 1, charindex(',',Para3list+','), '') para3list, cast(left(Para4list, charindex(',',Para4list+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para4, stuff(Para4list, 1, charindex(',',Para4list+','), '') para4list, cast(left(Para5list, charindex(',',Para5list+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para5, stuff(Para5list, 1, charindex(',',Para5list+','), '') para5list, cast(left(Para6list, charindex(',',Para6list+',')-1) as varchar(50)) para6, stuff(Para6list, 1, charindex(',',Para6list+','), '') para6list from cte where para1list > '' or para2list > '' or para3list > '' or para4list > '' or para5list > '' or para6list > '' ) select SaveName, para1, para2, para3, para4, para5, para6 from cte order by savename; </code></pre> <p>See <a href="http://sqlfiddle.com/#!3/b5393/2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SQL Fiddle with Demo</a></p>

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