How to seach for a particular text in comma separated values
969147Oct 18 2012 — edited Oct 22 2012Hi,
I have one table for eg. TB_Fruits.
In that i have one column FruitsName(Varchar)
In that column i am storing string in comma separated values.
Select FruitsName from tb_fruits;
Result: orange,banana,apple
Now the issue is suppose if i try to insert any of these fruits name again then it should not allow me to insert.
Suppose now if i try to insert ('grapes,banana')
or
('apple,grapes')
the orange,banana,apple can be in any position.
How to check if any of these names already exist or not in the column fruitsname?
I cannot use like or INstr function here. because the position is not fixed not even string.
Appreciate any help.