Getting text between two special characters as a new line

Question

Hi all ,
I hope some one can point me in the right direction or tell me if its possible or if there is a function that can do this in tsql. I have table with two fields in a table ORDERNUM,NARRATIVE. The values in the NARRATIVE field are some what like this (they
come from a flat while and are delimited by a "^"). The examples are like :
OREDERNUM NARRATIVE
1234           ^Parcel shipped^picked^entry passed then returned back^white ford truck number 78455333^freight charges entered^parcel weight entered^parcel supervised^ticketsscannned^broken glass on
floor^
what i want to is seperate the text between the "^" as new line like
1234 parcel shipped
1234 picked
1234 entry passed then returned back
1234 white ford truck number 78455333
Can anyone please help me, is there a way or can any one show me what function does this? SUBSTRING for sure is not an answer as there is no fixed length for this.
Thanks
SV

Answer 1

CASE_NUMBER NARRATIVE
000000GA ^000000G-A CHIEF OF POLICE 02-02-95 PGE 1^***BATCH RUN COPY***^INCIDENT: MOLEST OTHER^LOCATION: 00416 N COLORADO AV OTHER:^EI20^ATTENTION:^ SEX OFFENSE^NOTIFIED: 02-01-95 2300 HRS BY: OTHER INVEST 02-01-95 2305 HRS^ARRESTS: 00 INJURED: 00 DEAD: 00 VEH TOWED: 00 BEAT: B51^^PERSON 01^VICTIM-PERSON^STEVE WOOLBRIGHT NH/W/M/14/08-31-80^SUBPEONA: N^ADDRESS: 00416 N COLORADO AV^HOME-PHONE: [phone]^^^NARRATIVE:^REPORT MADE FROM STATE 310 REPORT STATING ABOVE-LISTED SUBJECT^HAS BEEN SEXUALLY MOLESTED. INVESTIGATION REQUESTED.^^4725 POPCHEFF A P4687^^02-01-95 2025 HRS - WILDER EULA W3163 TAPE:02^^ 95.033 00:23-END OF REPORT-95.033 00:26^^^
000718GB ^000718G-B ADDITION CHIEF OF POLICE 08-08-95 PGE 1^***BATCH RUN COPY***^INCIDENT: RECOVERED STOL. VEH PUBLIC STREET-ALLEY^LOCATION: PLAINFIELD,IN OTHER:^OCCURED: 04-01-93 TIME UNKNOWN EO11^ATTENTION:^ AUTO DESK AUTO THEFT WEST DISTRICT^NOTIFIED: 08-07-95 1600 HRS BY: OTHER INVEST 08-07-95 1600 HRS^ARRESTS: 00 INJURED: 00 DEAD: 00 VEH TOWED: 00 BEAT: OJ^^PERSON 01^OWNER/OPERATOR^DAVID FURMAN NH/W/M/ 08-20-57^DRIVERS LICENSE/SSN: 310702334^ADDRESS: 02495 AVON RD PLAINFIELD IN^HOME-PHONE: [phone]^^^VEHICLE 01^PICKUP^BLACK 91 FORD F350 2DR^VIN: 2FTJW35G6MCA99397^DISPOSITION: RECOVERED^COMMENTS: OWNER RECOVERED VEHICLE IN 1993^^NARRATIVE:^ON 08/07/95, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM JAMES BEARD OF THE^^ -CONTINUED-^
000718GB ^000718G-B ADDITION CHIEF OF POLICE 08-08-95 PGE 2^^NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME BUREAU WHO STATED HE WAS DOING A^CHECK OF HIS RECORDS AND CAME ACROSS A VEHICLE THAT WAS^STOLEN ON 04/24/92, UNDER IPD CASE #00718GA. HE STATED HE HAD^SPOKEN TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY ON THIS CASE AND THEY STATED^THEY HAD PAID OFF ON THE VEHICLE AND SOLD THE VEHICLE BACK TO^THE OWNER. APPARENTLY THE PERSON REPORTING THE EVENT, DAVID^FURMAN, REPORTED HIS VEHICLE STOLEN ON 04/24/92, APPROXIMATELY^1 YEAR LATER HE WAS CONTACTED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED PERSON AND^TOLD HIM TO MEET HIM ON A CORNER IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA AND TO^GIVE THE MAN $5,000.00 AND HE WOULD GIVE HIM HIS TRUCK BACK.^MR. FURMAN HAD ALREADY BEEN PAID BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY^APPROXIMATELY $31,000.00 IN RESTITUTION FOR HIS VEHICLE.^MR. FURMAN THEN WENT TO THIS CORNER LOT AND MET WITH THIS^UNIDENTIFIED W/M AND PAID HIM $5,000 CASH. THE MAN THEN TURNED^THE 1991 PICKUP TRUCK OVER TO MR. FURMAN. MR. FURMAN THEN^SETTLED WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND PAID THEM $19,000.00 AND^BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND IT IS^NOW TITLED TO HIM AND REGISTERED TO HIM. HOWEVER, AT NO^POINT DID MR. FURMAN OR THE INSURANCE COMPANY CONTACT THE^POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SYSTEM AS^BEING STOLEN. THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE REPORT. THE VEHICLE^SHOULD BE REPORTED AS A RECOVERED AND RELEASED TO OWNER. DAMAGE^UNKNOWN.^^^^ -CONTINUED-^
select TOP 214
CASE_NUMBER,
splitdata
from
SELECT F1.CASE_NUMBER,
O.splitdata
FROM
SELECT *,
cast('<X>'+replace(F.NARRATIVE,'^','</X><X>')+'</X>' as XML) as xmlfilter from [dbo].[CECASRPT] F
)F1
CROSS APPLY
SELECT fdata.D.value('.','varchar(5000)') as splitdata
FROM f1.xmlfilter.nodes('X') as fdata(D)) O
)t
where t.splitdata <> ''
SV