CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fnParseArray (@array VARCHAR(1000),@separator CHAR(1))
RETURNS @T Table (occ int,col1 varchar(50))
AS 
BEGIN
--DECLARE @T Table (col1 varchar(50))
-- @Array is the array we wish to parse
-- @Separator is the separator charactor such as a comma
DECLARE @separator_position INT -- This is used to locate each separator character
DECLARE @array_value VARCHAR(1000) -- this holds each array value as it is returned
-- For my loop to work I need an extra separator at the end. I always look to the
-- left of the separator character for each array value
declare @occurence int =1 -- to get the Nth occurence
if (left(@array,1)=@separator)
begin
        set @array=stuff(@array,1,1,'')
end
if (right(@array,1)<>@separator)
begin
        SET @array = @array + @separator
end

-- Loop through the string searching for separtor characters
WHILE PATINDEX('%' + @separator + '%', @array) <> 0 
BEGIN
-- patindex matches the a pattern against a string
SELECT @separator_position = PATINDEX('%' + @separator + '%',@array)
SELECT @array_value = LEFT(@array, @separator_position - 1)
-- This is where you process the values passed.
INSERT into @T VALUES (@occurence,@array_value) 
set @occurence = @occurence + 1
-- Replace this select statement with your processing
-- @array_value holds the value of this element of the array
-- This replaces what we just processed with and empty string
SELECT @array = STUFF(@array, 1, @separator_position, '')
END
RETURN 
END

-- example call
select * from 
dbo.fnParseArray ('/23/34/45/67/89/101/','/')
where occ=1