SQL split a comma separated string DECLARE @valueList varchar(8000) DECLARE @pos INT DECLARE @len INT DECLARE @value varchar(8000) DECLARE @i INT=0 SET @valueList = ',Atik,Khabir,Shahed,Shain,Ashek,Noman' set @pos = 0 set @len = 0 WHILE CHARINDEX(',', @valueList, @pos+1)>0 BEGIN set @len = CHARINDEX(',', @valueList, @pos+1) - @pos set @value = SUBSTRING(@valueList, @pos, @len) set @i=@i+1 --SELECT @pos, @len, @value /*this is here for debugging*/ IF(@i=1) -- now you can set condition BEGIN PRINT @value END IF(@i=2) BEGIN PRINT @value END IF(@i=3) BEGIN PRINT @value END IF(@i=4) BEGIN PRINT @value END set @pos = CHARINDEX(',', @valueList, @pos+@len) +1 END