XML Function pipe delimiter function error

Question

Hi SQL gurus,
Thank you for any assistance. I was given the below query to use for taking a column that contains values and delimited with "|". below is a sample of the data in that column, the error, and the function with the query:
XML parsing: line 1, character 199, illegal name character
Item - Shim Stock | Type - Sheet | Material - Polyester | Thickness (In.) - 0.0005" | Thickness (mm) - 0.013mm | Thickness Tolerance - +/-0.000025" | Size - 5 x 20" | Width Tolerance - +/-0.0625" | Length Tolerance - +/-0.0625" | Moisture Absorption - 0.08% | Compress To - 1.00% | Color - Silver | Tensile Strength (PSI) - 30,000 psi | Temp. Range (F) - -90 to 300 Degrees | Meets/Exceeds - LP-377 | Package Quantity - 5
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[split](
@delimited NVARCHAR(MAX),
@delimiter NCHAR(1)
) RETURNS @t TABLE (id INT IDENTITY(1,1), val NVARCHAR(MAX))
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @xml XML
SET @xml = N'<t>' + REPLACE(@delimited,@delimiter,'</t><t>') + '</t>'
INSERT INTO @t(val)
SELECT r.value('.','varchar(MAX)') as item
FROM @xml.nodes('/t') as records(r)
RETURN
END
SELECT
ItemNo, 2ItemNo,NameItem , SV.val, sv.id
from #TableWithData v
cross apply dbo.split(v.ColumnwithValues,'|') sv
Edwin Lopera

Answer 1

To get you moving, here is another example of a splitter that works with the examples you supplier:http://andrewtuerk.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/cross-apply-yes-you-can-use-a-table-valued-function-without-a-cursor/