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I have problem, I need to explode my input to my stored procedure, but don't know how I can do it.

My stored procedure has a VARCHAR(256) input which I need to split and generate insert statements.

i what to explode this varchar "1,2,3,7,8,9" so I need to split that string on "," and iterate through the result

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Yes, please see this forum thread on replicating the functionality in mysql that tsql provides.

That thread also discusses some of the downfalls of this method. Also, I think you want to be using VARCHAR(255) or just VARCHAR(MAX) because there is no benefit to a 256, it uses a 2 byte size prefix and yet only stores 256 characters.

Have you considered using xml and xpath syntax to extract the values instead? I think going forward this will become a more readable and maintainable method.

marr75
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Here is a split_string() function http://forge.mysql.com/tools/tool.php?id=4