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  • August 28, 2012 at 6:03 am

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    amarkhowe (8/28/2012)

    Thanks you for your reply!

    I do not want to drop the table but split the name on to the same table in new columns?

    That's just sample data.

    Change the tablename in the query to the name of your table of names and addresses:

    SELECT

    Title= LEFT(Fullname,space1.pos-1),

    Forename= SUBSTRING(Fullname,space1.pos+1,space2.pos-space1.pos-1),

    Surname= SUBSTRING(Fullname,space2.pos+1,8000)

    FROM MarksTableOfNamesAndAddresses

    CROSS APPLY (SELECT CHARINDEX(' ', Fullname,1)) space1 (pos)

    CROSS APPLY (SELECT CHARINDEX(' ', Fullname,space1.pos+1)) space2 (pos)[/code]

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