SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fnGrace_SplitStrings] ( @List NVARCHAR(MAX), @Delimiter NVARCHAR(255) ) RETURNS TABLE AS RETURN (SELECT Number = ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Number), Item FROM (SELECT Number, Item = LTRIM(RTRIM(SUBSTRING(@List, Number, CHARINDEX(@Delimiter, @List + @Delimiter, Number) - Number))) FROM (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY s1.[object_id]) FROM sys.all_objects AS s1 CROSS APPLY sys.all_objects) AS n(Number) WHERE Number <= CONVERT(INT, LEN(@List)) AND SUBSTRING(@Delimiter + @List, Number, 1) = @Delimiter ) AS y); GO