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#253969 07/17/2003 4:04 PM
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Journeyman
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take a name field from a db like Joe M. Blow

and format it into Blow, Joe M

any help would be 'preciated!

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kwalenta #253970 07/18/2003 3:46 AM
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Kahuna
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This article in the MySql manual explains all the string functions.

Provided that the format of the field is consistent throughout the records you can use the following:

SELECT

CONCAT(SUBSTRING_INDEX( 'Joe M. Blow', ' ', -1),
", ",
LEFT(SUBSTRING_INDEX( 'Joe M. Blow', ' ', 2 ), CHAR_LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX('Joe M. Blow', ' ', 2)) -1))
FROM
table name etc....

(Replace Joe M. Blow with the field you need. I presumed that you want the final "." after the initial is not needed. If you do need it you will have to use this:

CONCAT(SUBSTRING_INDEX( 'Joe M. Blow', ' ', -1),
", ",
SUBSTRING_INDEX('Joe M. Blow', ' ', 2))
FROM
table name etc....


Nikos
Hal_dup2 #253971 07/20/2003 11:05 AM
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Journeyman
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thanks for the help Nikos!


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