CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[iter_intlist_to_table] (@list ntext)
  RETURNS @tbl TABLE (
    listpos int IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL,
    number  int NOT NULL) AS

-- KJ 20050601 Changed to take input string as comma seperated string like this 1,2,3,4,5,6

BEGIN
  DECLARE @pos      int,
          @textpos  int,
          @chunklen smallint,
          @str      nvarchar(4000),
          @tmpstr   nvarchar(4000),
          @leftover nvarchar(4000)

  SET @textpos = 1
  SET @leftover = ''
  WHILE @textpos <= datalength(@list) / 2
  BEGIN
    SET @chunklen = 4000 - datalength(@leftover) / 2
    SET @tmpstr = ltrim(@leftover + substring(@list, @textpos, @chunklen))
    SET @textpos = @textpos + @chunklen
    SET @pos = charindex(',', @tmpstr)

    WHILE @pos > 0
    BEGIN
      SET @str = substring(@tmpstr, 1, @pos - 1)
      INSERT @tbl (number) VALUES(convert(int, @str))
      SET @tmpstr = ltrim(substring(@tmpstr, @pos + 1, len(@tmpstr)))
      SET @pos = charindex(',', @tmpstr)
    END

    SET @leftover = @tmpstr
  END

  INSERT @tbl (number) VALUES(-1)
  IF ltrim(rtrim(@leftover)) <> ''
    INSERT @tbl (number) VALUES(convert(int, @leftover))

  RETURN
END

