How to separate a result of one column into multiple columns in T-SQL?

Question

I am trying to to get information about disk drives, their total space and free space (3 columns total). I found a query in the web similar to my needs but that query required some modifications. I did them but got stuck then. I can't obtain middle column. Can you help me with that?

create table #mainDOScmd (ExecCommand NVARCHAR(500))
insert into #mainDOScmd
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell 'wmic LOGICALDISK where "DriveType=3" get DeviceID, FreeSpace, Size';
select * from #mainDOScmd
CREATE TABLE #TEMP( 
[DriveLetter] VARCHAR(100),
[TotalDriveSpace(GB)] NVARCHAR(500), 
[FreeSpaceOnDrive(GB)] NVARCHAR(500)
)
INSERT INTO #TEMP
SELECT 
LEFT(ExecCommand, PATINDEX('%  %',ExecCommand)),
LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand,LEN(ExecCommand)-PATINDEX('%  %',ExecCommand))), --problematic part
LTRIM(RIGHT(LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand,LEN(ExecCommand)-PATINDEX('%  %',(ExecCommand)))), LEN(LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand,LEN(ExecCommand)-PATINDEX('%  %',(ExecCommand))))) - PATINDEX('%  %',LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand,LEN(ExecCommand)-PATINDEX('%  %',REVERSE(ExecCommand))))))) 
FROM #mainDOScmd
WHERE ExecCommand IS NOT NULL AND RTRIM(LEFT(ExecCommand, PATINDEX('%  %',ExecCommand))) <> 'DeviceID'
select * from #TEMP
DROP TABLE #TEMP
DROP TABLE #mainDOScmd
GO

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '20 at 14:41

Here is a quick solution. Just replace last column value by nothing from your problematic part

CREATE TABLE #mainDOScmd (ExecCommand NVARCHAR(500))

INSERT INTO #mainDOScmd
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell 'wmic LOGICALDISK where "DriveType=3" get DeviceID, FreeSpace, Size';

SELECT *
FROM #mainDOScmd

CREATE TABLE #TEMP (
    [DriveLetter] VARCHAR(100)
    ,[TotalDriveSpace(GB)] NVARCHAR(500)
    ,[FreeSpaceOnDrive(GB)] NVARCHAR(500)
    )

INSERT INTO #TEMP
SELECT LEFT(ExecCommand, PATINDEX('%  %', ExecCommand))
    ,replace(LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand, LEN(ExecCommand) - PATINDEX('%  %', ExecCommand))), ' ' + LTRIM(RIGHT(LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand, LEN(ExecCommand) - PATINDEX('%  %', (ExecCommand)))), LEN(LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand, LEN(ExecCommand) - PATINDEX('%  %', (ExecCommand))))) - PATINDEX('%  %', LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand, LEN(ExecCommand) - PATINDEX('%  %', REVERSE(ExecCommand))))))), '')
    ,LTRIM(RIGHT(LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand, LEN(ExecCommand) - PATINDEX('%  %', (ExecCommand)))), LEN(LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand, LEN(ExecCommand) - PATINDEX('%  %', (ExecCommand))))) - PATINDEX('%  %', LTRIM(RIGHT(ExecCommand, LEN(ExecCommand) - PATINDEX('%  %', REVERSE(ExecCommand)))))))
FROM #mainDOScmd
WHERE ExecCommand IS NOT NULL
    AND RTRIM(LEFT(ExecCommand, PATINDEX('%  %', ExecCommand))) <> 'DeviceID'

SELECT *
FROM #TEMP

DROP TABLE #TEMP

DROP TABLE #mainDOScmd

How to separate a result of one column into multiple columns in T-SQL?

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