In SQL server Declare @strTest nvarchar(50) set @strTest = '1,3,7,9,5' --select * from Demo.dbo.Split(@strTest,',') SELECT [Data] FROM Demo.dbo.Split(@strTest,',') ORDER BY NEWID() CREATE FUNCTION dbo.Split ( @RowData nvarchar(2000), @SplitOn nvarchar(5) ) RETURNS @RtnValue table ( Id int identity(1,1), Data nvarchar(100) ) AS BEGIN Declare @Cnt int Set @Cnt = 1 While (Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)>0) Begin Insert Into @RtnValue (data) Select Data = ltrim(rtrim(Substring(@RowData,1,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)-1))) Set @RowData = Substring(@RowData,Charindex(@SplitOn,@RowData)+1,len(@RowData)) Set @Cnt = @Cnt + 1 End Insert Into @RtnValue (data) Select Data = ltrim(rtrim(@RowData)) Return END