DECLARE @Pos INT DECLARE @NextPos INT DECLARE @String VARCHAR(50) DECLARE @Delimiter VARCHAR(50) SET @String ='C-sharp,corner,.com' SET @Delimiter = ',' SET @String = @String + @Delimiter SET @Pos = charindex(@Delimiter,@String) WHILE (@pos <> 0) BEGIN SELECT substring(@String,1,@Pos - 1) SET @String = substring(@String,@pos+1,len(@String)) SET @pos = charindex(@Delimiter,@String) END