[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 

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Debbie
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:01 AM
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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?
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>John W. Colby
>www.ColbyConsulting.com
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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.
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