You can adapt the answer to this question to your needs. <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24258878/how-to-split-comma-separated-value-in-sqlite/32051164#32051164> ``` WITH split(word, str) AS ( -- alternatively put your query here -- SELECT '', category||' ' FROM categories SELECT '', 'Auto A 1234444'||' ' UNION ALL SELECT substr(str, 0, instr(str, ' ')), substr(str, instr(str, ' ')+1) FROM split WHERE str!='' ) SELECT word FROM split WHERE word!=''; ``` Output is as expected: ``` Auto A 1234444```