John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Oct 8 10:41:32 CDT 2004
So.... Now I need to know how to find and return the last word in a field. I have never written a stored procedure but if you can give me a starting point I think maybe I can pick it up from there. I assume that I can then create an update query where a last name field is set to the value returned from a SP where the SP is passed in the data from the name field. The SP then does all the processing required to find that last name. As always, this needs to be as fast as possible since this will be running against 64 million names. I will just be putting 3 or 4 machines to work running this functionality against different sets of records to speed up the whole process. 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 John W. Colby Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:19 AM 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