Elam, Debbie
DElam at jenkens.com
Fri Oct 8 10:33:32 CDT 2004
What about suffixes? Jr. III Esq. PhD This is really getting ugly. Debbie -----Original Message----- From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:07 AM To: dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [dba-SQLServer] Parse name field LOL. Assume nothing. As a starting point, assume the name is in the format "Title (if they want to display it) FirstName SPACE MiddleInitial(if Any) SPACE LastName" This is data entered directly by the person owning the name so it can have titles if they love showing off their doctorate or judgeship. It seems that all you can assume is that the last name is the last word. Even that breaks down for the Micks and Macs and the likes. I know this is not a trivial thing to do as I was involved in ProperCase wizard on my site. 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 Arthur Fuller Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:46 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 _______________________________________________ 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.