[oracle] Splitting comma separated string in a PL/SQL stored proc

I've CSV string 100.01,200.02,300.03 which I need to pass to a PL/SQL stored procedure in Oracle. Inside the proc,I need to insert these values in a Number column in the table.

For this, I got a working approach from over here:

How to best split csv strings in oracle 9i

[2) Using SQL's connect by level.].

Now,I've another requirement. I need to pass 2 CSV strings[equal in length] as input to PL/SQL stored proc.And, I need to break this string and insert each value from two CSV strings into two different columns in the table.Could you please let me know how to go about it?

Example of CSV inputs: mystring varchar2(2000):='0.75, 0.64, 0.56, 0.45';

myAmount varchar2(2000):= '0.25, 0.5, 0.65, 0.8';

myString values would go into Column A and myAmount values into Column B in the table.

Could you please let me know how to achieve this?

Thanks.

As for the connect by use case, this approach should work for you:

select regexp_substr('SMITH,ALLEN,WARD,JONES','[^,]+', 1, level)
from dual
connect by regexp_substr('SMITH,ALLEN,WARD,JONES', '[^,]+', 1, level) is not null;

I am not sure if this fits your oracle version. On my 10g I can use pipelined table functions:

set serveroutput on

create type number_list as table of number;

-- since you want this solution
create or replace function split_csv (i_csv varchar2) return number_list pipelined 
  is 
    mystring varchar2(2000):= i_csv;
  begin
    for r in
    ( select regexp_substr(mystring,'[^,]+',1,level) element
        from dual
     connect by level <= length(regexp_replace(mystring,'[^,]+')) + 1
    )
    loop
      --dbms_output.put_line(r.element);
      pipe row(to_number(r.element, '999999.99'));
    end loop;
  end;
/

insert into foo
select column_a,column_b from 
  (select column_value column_a, rownum rn from table(split_csv('0.75, 0.64, 0.56, 0.45'))) a 
 ,(select column_value column_b, rownum rn from table(split_csv('0.25, 0.5, 0.65, 0.8'))) b
 where a.rn = b.rn
;

create or replace procedure pro_ss(v_str varchar2) as
v_str1 varchar2(100); 
v_comma_pos number := 0;    
v_start_pos number := 1;
begin             
    loop        
    v_comma_pos := instr(v_str,',',v_start_pos);   
    if  v_comma_pos = 0 then     
      v_str1 := substr(v_str,v_start_pos);  
      dbms_output.put_line(v_str1);    
      exit;
      end if;    
    v_str1 := substr(v_str,v_start_pos,(v_comma_pos - v_start_pos)); 
    dbms_output.put_line(v_str1);       
    v_start_pos := v_comma_pos + 1;    
    end loop; 
end;
/

call pro_ss('aa,bb,cc,dd,ee,ff,gg,hh,ii,jj');

outout: aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh ii jj

Many good solutions have been provided already. However, if he text is provided in a very simple comma delimited format or similar, and speed is of importance, then I have for you a solution with a TABLE function (in PL/SQL). I have also provided a rundown of some other solutions.

Please see more on the Blog Entry on Parsing a CSV into multiple columns.

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE insert_into (
   p_errcode        OUT   NUMBER,
   p_errmesg        OUT   VARCHAR2,
   p_rowsaffected   OUT   INTEGER
)
AS
   v_param0   VARCHAR2 (30) := '0.25,2.25,33.689, abc, 99';
   v_param1   VARCHAR2 (30) := '2.65,66.32, abc-def, 21.5';
BEGIN
   FOR i IN (SELECT COLUMN_VALUE
               FROM TABLE (SPLIT (v_param0, ',')))
   LOOP
      INSERT INTO tempo
                  (col1
                  )
           VALUES (i.COLUMN_VALUE
                  );
   END LOOP;

   FOR i IN (SELECT COLUMN_VALUE
               FROM TABLE (SPLIT (v_param1, ',')))
   LOOP
      INSERT INTO tempo
                  (col2
                  )
           VALUES (i.COLUMN_VALUE
                  );
   END LOOP;
END;

Here is a good solution:

FUNCTION comma_to_table(iv_raw IN VARCHAR2) RETURN dbms_utility.lname_array IS
   ltab_lname dbms_utility.lname_array;
   ln_len     BINARY_INTEGER;
BEGIN
   dbms_utility.comma_to_table(list   => iv_raw
                              ,tablen => ln_len
                              ,tab    => ltab_lname);
   FOR i IN 1 .. ln_len LOOP
      dbms_output.put_line('element ' || i || ' is ' || ltab_lname(i));
   END LOOP;
   RETURN ltab_lname;
END;

Source: CSV - comma separated values - and PL/SQL (link no longer valid)

I use apex_util.string_to_table to parse strings, but you can use a different parser if you wish. Then you can insert the data as in this example:

declare
  myString varchar2(2000) :='0.75, 0.64, 0.56, 0.45';
  myAmount varchar2(2000) :='0.25, 0.5, 0.65, 0.8';
  v_array1 apex_application_global.vc_arr2;
  v_array2 apex_application_global.vc_arr2;
begin

  v_array1 := apex_util.string_to_table(myString, ', ');
  v_array2 := apex_util.string_to_table(myAmount, ', ');

  forall i in 1..v_array1.count
     insert into mytable (a, b) values (v_array1(i), v_array2(i));
end;

Apex_util is available from Oracle 10G onwards. Prior to this it was called htmldb_util and was not installed by default. If you can't use that you could use the string parser I wrote many years ago and posted here.