Is it Possible in SQL ?

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Hi,
I have collection of comma separated numbers.
For ex:-
1,2,3,1,1,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,555

Need to write script in SQL which will return result like 1,2,3,4,5 I mean select the distinct numbers from this number collection without inserting them into tables.

Any answer would be appreciated.

Posted 6-Dec-12 7:36am

anil.luck

Updated 6-Dec-12 7:40am

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TRK3 6-Dec-12 14:36pm

You say "I have a collection of comma separated numbers" ... "without inserting them into tables" !

How is it possible in SQL to have a collection of anything in any format if it isn't already inserted into a a table ?

Either the data is already in a field in a table, or it isn't.

If it isn't already in the database and you don't want to put it in the database, then why do you want to manipulate it via SQL?

Use the right tool for the job.

Sk. Tajbir 6-Dec-12 14:37pm

I think its possible to return distinct numbers, but can you give more information on your table.

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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=SQL+select+distinct+syntax[^]

Posted 6-Dec-12 8:33am

joshrduncan2012

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BC @ CV · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-06T08:46:00

Solution 2

You could do this:

SQL

DECLARE @nums varchar(max)
DECLARE @comma char(1)
DECLARE @xml xml

SELECT @nums = '1,2,3,1,1,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,5,5,5'
SELECT @comma = ','

SELECT @xml = CONVERT(xml,'<r><n>' + REPLACE(@nums,@comma,'</n><n>') + '</n></r>')

SELECT DISTINCT [Value] = X.num.value('.','int')
FROM @xml.nodes('/r/n') X(num)
ORDER BY [Value]

Posted 6-Dec-12 8:46am

BC @ CV

Updated 6-Dec-12 8:50am

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anil.luck 7-Dec-12 1:20am

@BC @ CV,
Good job thank you