MySQL does not include a function to split a delimited string. However, it’s very easy to create your own function.
CREATE FUNCTION SPLIT_STR(
x VARCHAR(255),
delim VARCHAR(12),
pos INT
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(255)
RETURN REPLACE(SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos),
LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos -1)) + 1),
delim, '');
Usage
SELECT SPLIT_STR(string, delimiter, position)
From here:
http://blog.fedecarg.com/2009/02/22/mysql-split-string-function/