jmoss111 at bellsouth.net
jmoss111 at bellsouth.net
Fri Oct 8 11:10:47 CDT 2004
You might want to look at the toolset from People Smith that I mentioned to you last month, especially the Personator utility. It makes short works of name and address splitting. You should be able to pick up Personator for 400 for the standard version or 700 for the pro version. Jim > > From: "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> > Date: 2004/10/08 Fri AM 11:19:24 EDT > To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer] Parse name field > > Come to think of it though, for my purposes it might not be as difficult as > it appears. This is for the nVLDB mailing list and I do not need to sort on > or lookup names. I need the last name just for the purpose of building up a > check field where you use the first N characters of the last name, the zip > etc. Thus it doesn't matter to me whether I have the entire last name or > just the last word of the last name. > > It's always a good thing to talk about a problem because doing so triggers > the brain to analyze the problem. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Elam, > Debbie > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:01 AM > To: 'dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com' > Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer] Parse name field > > > The biggest crimp I can see is people with spaces in their last name. I > have seen the last name de la Rosa. That is only one example. > > Debbie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arthur Fuller [mailto:artful at rogers.com] > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 9:46 AM > To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Parse name field > > > John W. Colby wrote: > > >Does anyone have a SP (or whatever) that can parse a single field with > first > >/ middle / last name into separate fields? > > > >John W. Colby > >www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >dba-SQLServer mailing list > >dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > >http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > This wouldn't take long to write, but first let's get the requirements > straight.... > > Assume the delimiter is a space? > Assume that if there is only one space, then there is no middle name? Assume > that if there are more than two spaces, the person has two middle > names? > > Yay or nay? > > A. > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > - JENKENS & GILCHRIST E-MAIL NOTICE - This transmission may be: (1) subject > to the Attorney-Client Privilege, (2) an attorney work product, or (3) > strictly confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this > message, you may not disclose, print, copy or disseminate this information. > If you have received this in error, please reply and notify the sender > (only) and delete the message. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a > violation of federal criminal law. > This communication does not reflect an intention by the sender or the > sender's client or principal to conduct a transaction or make any agreement > by electronic means. Nothing contained in this message or in any attachment > shall satisfy the requirements for a writing, and nothing contained herein > shall constitute a contract or electronic signature under the Electronic > Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, any version of the Uniform > Electronic Transactions Act or any other statute governing electronic > transactions. _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >