how to retrieve distinct values from multiple columns

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Published on 2010-04-21T14:39:54Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 14:43 UTC
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Hello Experts,

I have a flat text file data which I import into MSSQL table. It creates and table with specified name along with multiple columns as per data file.

now I need a query which will return the data and its count. e.g.

data file :

BREAD,MILK
BREAD,DIAPER,BEER,EGGS
MILK,DIAPER,BEER,COKE
BREAD,MILK,DIAPER,BEER
BREAD,MILK,DIAPER,COKE 
BREAD,ICE,MANGO
JUICE,BURGER

Result should be

BREAD | 5
MILK  | 4
DIAPER| 4

and so on.

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