SQL Server - Split function in your database

will take the entire delimited string and return a table that you can program against:

CREATE  FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_Split](@text varchar(8000), @delimiter varchar(20) = ' ')
RETURNS @Strings TABLE
(   
  position int IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
  value varchar(8000)  
)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @index int
SET @index = -1
WHILE (LEN(@text) > 0)
  BEGIN 
    SET @index = CHARINDEX(@delimiter , @text) 
    IF (@index = 0) AND (LEN(@text) > 0) 
      BEGIN  
        INSERT INTO @Strings VALUES (@text)
          BREAK 
      END 
    IF (@index > 1) 
      BEGIN  
        INSERT INTO @Strings VALUES (LEFT(@text, @index - 1))  
        SET @text = RIGHT(@text, (LEN(@text) - @index)) 
      END 
    ELSE
      SET @text = RIGHT(@text, (LEN(@text) - @index))
    END
  RETURN
END

-- Example usage in a stored proc, to insert into Table variable:
/*
DECLARE @WORDS TABLE
(
ID INT IDENTITY (1,1),
string varchar(100)
)
 
INSERT INTO @WORDS
SELECT   VALUE AS WORD  FROM dbo.fn_Split( @WordsToInsert,' ')
*/