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DECLARE @t AS TABLE (search varchar(100));

INSERT INTO @t VALUES ('avi');

DECLARE @words AS TABLE (word varchar(100));

INSERT INTO @words VALUES ('avion'), ('iva'), ('name');

with cte as
(
  select substring(search, 1, 1) as Chars,
         stuff(search, 1, 1, '') as search,
         1 as RowID
  from @t
  union all
  select substring(search, 1, 1) as Chars,
         stuff(search, 1, 1, '') as search,
         RowID + 1 as RowID
  from cte
  where len(search) > 0
)
select RowID, Chars
from cte
order by RowID

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edited apr 17 12

created apr 17 12 Cade Roux