DELIMITER //
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS explode_table //
CREATE PROCEDURE explode_table(bound VARCHAR(255), startstr INT, endstr INT)
BEGIN
DECLARE id INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE value TEXT;
DECLARE occurance INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE splitted_value VARCHAR(255);
DECLARE done INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE cur1 CURSOR FOR SELECT SUBSTRING(DATA, startstr, endstr) FROM table_name WHERE FILE_NAME LIKE 'some_like_%' LIMIT 1;
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = 1;
DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS table2;
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE table2(
`value` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=Memory;
OPEN cur1;
read_loop: LOOP
FETCH cur1 INTO value;
IF done THEN
LEAVE read_loop;
END IF;
SET occurance = (SELECT LENGTH(value) - LENGTH(REPLACE(value, bound, '')) +1);
SET i=1;
SET id=1;
WHILE i <= occurance DO
SET splitted_value = TRIM(
(SELECT REPLACE(SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING_INDEX(value, bound, i),
LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(value, bound, i - 1)) + 1), ';', ''))
);
INSERT INTO table2 VALUES (splitted_value);
SET i = i + 1;
END WHILE;
END LOOP;
-- return result
SELECT * FROM table2;
CLOSE cur1;
END; //
DELIMITER ;
-- How to use:
CALL explode_table(';', 1, 800);