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SQLite convert single row to multiple rows

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I want to convert single row value seperate by ',' to multiple rows

Example :

Single_Row

6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16

Result must be :

MultipleRows

6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14
15
16

I tried doing it with substr function but getting unexpected result

select 
 numbers.n,
substr(CbahiHSSpecialtyUnits.units,numbers.n,1) 
from
  numbers inner join CbahiHSSpecialtyUnits
  on  LENGTH(CbahiHSSpecialtyUnits.units)
     - LENGTH(REPLACE(CbahiHSSpecialtyUnits.units, ',', ''))>=numbers.n-1
  WHERE HsSubStandardID=22 and SpecialtyID=2 and  numbers.n>0
  order by numbers.n;

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One good thing is I'm getting number of rows correct.. But the values that should be separated is wrong .. Please note numbers table is I have created for indexing purpose, with the help of this post. SQL split values to multiple rows

Solution

  • You can do it with a recursive CTE:

    WITH cte AS (
  SELECT SUBSTR(Units, 1, INSTR(Units || ',', ',') - 1) col,
         SUBSTR(Units, INSTR(Units || ',', ',') + 1) value
  FROM CbahiHSSpecialtyUnits
  WHERE HsSubStandardID=22 AND SpecialtyID = 2
  UNION ALL
  SELECT SUBSTR(value, 1, INSTR(value || ',', ',') - 1),
         SUBSTR(value, INSTR(value || ',', ',') + 1)
  FROM cte
  WHERE LENGTH(value) > 0
)
SELECT col 
FROM cte
WHERE col + 0 > 0

    Or, if you know the upper limit of the numbers is, say 20 and there are no duplicates among the numbers:

    WITH cte AS (SELECT 1 col UNION ALL SELECT col + 1 FROM cte WHERE col < 20)
SELECT c.col 
FROM cte c INNER JOIN CbahiHSSpecialtyUnits u
ON ',' || u.Units || ',' LIKE '%,' || c.col || ',%'
WHERE HsSubStandardID=22 AND SpecialtyID = 2

    See the demo.
    Results:

    col
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16