How to split a comma-separated value to columns

Question

I have a table like this

Value   String
-------------------
1       Cleo, Smith

I want to separate the comma delimited string into two colu

Answer 1

Try this:

declare @csv varchar(100) ='aaa,bb,csda,daass';
set @csv = @csv+',';

with cte as
(
    select SUBSTRING(@csv,1,charindex(',',@csv,1)-1) as val, SUBSTRING(@csv,charindex(',',@csv,1)+1,len(@csv)) as rem 
    UNION ALL
    select SUBSTRING(a.rem,1,charindex(',',a.rem,1)-1)as val, SUBSTRING(a.rem,charindex(',',a.rem,1)+1,len(A.rem)) 
    from cte a where LEN(a.rem)>=1
    ) select val from cte