Splitting string using sql statement (ip address)

Question

I need to split ip address in sql.

I have done lots of finding but could not find any builtin method that do the task.

How can I accomplish this task?

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Answer 1

You can use PARSENAME function as following :

with address as(
select '192.168.1.1' as IpAddress
Union
select '192.168.1.2' as IpAddress
Union
select '192.168.1.3' as IpAddress
)
SELECT PARSENAME(IpAddress,4) as first, 
   PARSENAME(IpAddress,3) as second,
   PARSENAME(IpAddress,2) as third,
   PARSENAME(IpAddress,1) as fourth,
FROM address

PARSENAME function returns the specified part of an object name.