Need Help in Splitting a String Using SQL QUERY

Question

Hi,
I need help in splitting a string using a SQL Query:
String IS:
AFTER PAINT.ACOUSTICAL.1..9'' MEMBRAIN'I would like to seperate this string into multiple lines using the delimeter .(dot)
Sample Output should look like:
SNO       STRING
1            AFTER PAINT
2            ACOUSTICAL
3            1
4            
5            9" MEMBRAIN
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FYI i am using Oracle 9.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Answer 1

There's this as well:
with x as ( --generating sample data:
           select 'AFTER PAINT.ACOUSTICAL.1..9" MEMBRAIN' str from dual union all
           select 'BEFORE PAINT.ELECTRIC.2..45 caliber MEMBRAIN' str from dual)
select str,
       row_number() over (partition by str order by rownum) s_no,
       cast(dbms_xmlgen.convert(t.column_value.extract('//text()').getstringval(),1) as varchar2(100)) res
from x,
     table(xmlsequence(xmltype('<x><x>' || replace(str,'.','</x><x>') || '</x></x>').extract('//x/*'))) t;
STR                                                S_NO RES                                                                                                
AFTER PAINT.ACOUSTICAL.1..9" MEMBRAIN                 1 AFTER PAINT                                                                                        
AFTER PAINT.ACOUSTICAL.1..9" MEMBRAIN                 2 ACOUSTICAL                                                                                         
AFTER PAINT.ACOUSTICAL.1..9" MEMBRAIN                 3 1                                                                                                  
AFTER PAINT.ACOUSTICAL.1..9" MEMBRAIN                 4                                                                                                    
AFTER PAINT.ACOUSTICAL.1..9" MEMBRAIN                 5 9" MEMBRAIN                                                                                        
BEFORE PAINT.ELECTRIC.2..45 caliber MEMBRAIN          1 BEFORE PAINT                                                                                       
BEFORE PAINT.ELECTRIC.2..45 caliber MEMBRAIN          2 ELECTRIC                                                                                           
BEFORE PAINT.ELECTRIC.2..45 caliber MEMBRAIN          3 2                                                                                                  
BEFORE PAINT.ELECTRIC.2..45 caliber MEMBRAIN          4                                                                                                    
BEFORE PAINT.ELECTRIC.2..45 caliber MEMBRAIN          5 45 caliber MEMBRAIN      
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