Convert Column in Table to Separate Table

Question

I inherited a table with spaces in one column.  I would like to script this out to produce a new table with existing data.
So essentially I have the following:
ID FAQ MODELS
1 faq1 model1
2 faq2 model2 model1
3 faq3 model3 model2 model1 (Spaces in models column)
I would like to create a new table similar to this.
faq1 model1
faq2 model1
faq2 model2
faq3 model1
faq3 model2
faq3 model3
How can this be done in MSSQL?
Thanks....

Answer 1

declare @faqtableD TABLE
id int identity primary key,
faq varchar(20),
models varchar(30)
declare @faqtable TABLE
id int identity primary key,
faq varchar(20),
models varchar(30)
INSERT INTO @faqtable
(faq, models)
VALUES
('faq1', 'model1'),
('faq2', 'model2 model1'),
('faq3', 'model3 model2 model1');
declare @list table (id int identity primary key, faqID varchar(4), modelID varchar(6))
declare @string varchar(100), @faq varchar(4)
while exists(select * from @faqtable f left outer join @list l on f.faq = l.faqID where l.faqID is null)
begin
select top 1 @string = f.models, @faq = f.faq from @faqtable f left outer join @list l on f.faq = l.faqID where l.faqID is null
while charindex(' ',@string) > 0
begin
insert into @list (faqID, modelID) values(@faq, left(@string,charindex(' ',@string)-1))
set @string = right(@string,len(@string)-charindex(' ',@string))
end
insert into @list (faqID, modelID) values(@faq, @string)
end
select * from @list
This should get you there.