mysql how to split a column into multiple columns with ambiguous number

Question

Hello i want to split a resulting column in multiple columns just like on the link. But number of columns are not specific ;

Example

COL1                 |   OTHER COLUMNS
----------------------------------------
this,will,split      | some value
also,this            | some value
this,is,four,columns | some value

I want make this something like that ;

COL1 | COL2 | COL3 | COL4   | OTHER
----------------------------------------
this | will | split| NULL   | some value
also | this | NULL | NULL   | some value
this | is   | four | columns| some value

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edit

it looks like similar that question but not:

Can you split/explode a field in a MySQL query?

I want results in 1 row, I dont want something like that;

RESULT
-----
this
will
split
...

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on that question you can see there is specific number of cols. bu i dont. :(

How to split a resulting column in multiple columns

Answer 1

I think you can create one relational table and add multiple entry in relational table, hear you don't need to think about column, you have to add entry in row.

eg.

Table 1:

ID | COL1                 |   OTHER COLUMNS
----------------------------------------
1  |this,will,split      | some value
2  |also,this            | some value
3  |this,is,four,columns | some value

Table2
ID | Table1_id | value
-------------------------
1  | 1         | this
2  | 1         | will
3  | 1         | split
4  | 2         | also
5  | 2         | this
6  | 3         | this
6  | 3         | is
6  | 3         | four
6  | 3         | columns

Please check this, i think fix your problem.