Table Normalization (Parse comma separated fields into individual records)

Question

I have a table like this:

Device

DeviceId   Parts

1          Part1, Part2, Part3
2          Part2, Part3, Part4
3          Part1
         


        

Answer 1

-- Setup:

declare @Device table(DeviceId int primary key, Parts varchar(1000))
declare @Part table(PartId int identity(1,1) primary key, PartName varchar(100))
declare @DevicePart table(DeviceId int, PartId int)

insert @Device
values
    (1, 'Part1, Part2, Part3'),
    (2, 'Part2, Part3, Part4'),
    (3, 'Part1')

--Script:

declare @DevicePartTemp table(DeviceId int, PartName varchar(100))

insert @DevicePartTemp
select DeviceId, ltrim(x.value('.', 'varchar(100)'))
from
(
    select DeviceId, cast('' + replace(Parts, ',', '') + '' as xml) XmlColumn
    from @Device
)tt
cross apply
    XmlColumn.nodes('x') as Nodes(x)


insert @Part
select distinct PartName
from @DevicePartTemp

insert @DevicePart
select tmp.DeviceId, prt.PartId
from @DevicePartTemp tmp 
    join @Part prt on
        prt.PartName = tmp.PartName

-- Result:

select *
from @Part

PartId      PartName
----------- ---------
1           Part1
2           Part2
3           Part3
4           Part4


select *
from @DevicePart

DeviceId    PartId
----------- -----------
1           1
1           2
1           3
2           2
2           3
2           4
3           1