Using T-SQL, return nth delimited element from a string

Question

I have a need to create a function the will return nth element of a delimited string.

For a data migration project, I am converting JSON audit records stored in a S

Answer 1

You can use STRING_SPLIT with ROW_NUMBER:

SELECT value, idx FROM
(
  SELECT
    value,
    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) idx
  FROM STRING_SPLIT('Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.', ' ')
) t
WHERE idx=2

returns second element (idx=2): 'ipsum'