How to convert comma separated values to rows in oracle?

Question

Here is the DDL --

create table tbl1 (
   id number,
   value varchar2(50)
);

insert into tbl1 values (1, \'AA, UT, BT, SK, SX\');
insert into tbl1 values (         


        

Answer 1

This will get the values without requiring you to remove duplicates or having to use a hack of including SYS_GUID() or DBMS_RANDOM.VALUE() in the CONNECT BY:

SELECT t.id,
       v.COLUMN_VALUE AS value
FROM   TBL1 t,
       TABLE(
         CAST(
           MULTISET(
             SELECT TRIM( REGEXP_SUBSTR( t.value, '[^,]+', 1, LEVEL ) )
             FROM   DUAL
             CONNECT BY LEVEL <= REGEXP_COUNT( t.value, '[^,]+' )
           )
           AS SYS.ODCIVARCHAR2LIST
         )
       ) v

Update:

Returning the index of the element in the list:

Option 1 - Return a UDT:

CREATE TYPE string_pair IS OBJECT( lvl INT, value VARCHAR2(4000) );
/

CREATE TYPE string_pair_table IS TABLE OF string_pair;
/

SELECT t.id,
       v.*
FROM   TBL1 t,
       TABLE(
         CAST(
           MULTISET(
             SELECT string_pair( level, TRIM( REGEXP_SUBSTR( t.value, '[^,]+', 1, LEVEL ) ) )
             FROM   DUAL
             CONNECT BY LEVEL <= REGEXP_COUNT( t.value, '[^,]+' )
           )
           AS string_pair_table
         )
       ) v;

Option 2 - Use ROW_NUMBER():

SELECT t.id,
       v.COLUMN_VALUE AS value,
       ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( PARTITION BY id ORDER BY ROWNUM ) AS lvl
FROM   TBL1 t,
       TABLE(
         CAST(
           MULTISET(
             SELECT TRIM( REGEXP_SUBSTR( t.value, '[^,]+', 1, LEVEL ) )
             FROM   DUAL
             CONNECT BY LEVEL <= REGEXP_COUNT( t.value, '[^,]+' )
           )
           AS SYS.ODCIVARCHAR2LIST
         )
       ) v;