Hi there, I have the following set of records: (DDL and data provided)create table dbo.myNames ( FilePersonId int, Sex varchar(20), Title varchar(20), Forename varchar(50), Surname varchar(50)) insert into dbo.myNames (FilePersonId, Sex, Title, Forename, Surname)select 477827, 'F', 'MISS', 'NATALIE', 'MR NIEL MC DONOUGH' union allselect 516992, 'M', 'MR', 'MARIO.', 'MISS CARLA THRINCHEIRAS' union allselect 1725198, 'M', 'MR', 'THOMAS', 'MS TAGGERT' union allselect 1907673, 'M', 'MR', 'COLIN', 'MR C PATTERSON' union allselect 2282432, 'M', 'MR', 'JOHN', 'MR GOLDSMITH' union allselect 3172847, 'M', 'MR', 'JASON', 'MR JASON MARCUS RENDALL' union allselect 3173628, 'M', 'MR', 'STUART', 'MR STUART IAN JAMES CALLOW' union allselect 3174343, 'M', 'MR', 'JOHANNES', 'MR JOHANNES ARIE JAN DE JAGER' union allselect 3176784, 'F', 'MISS', 'MONICA', 'MISS MONICA S F ALMEIDA' union allselect 3177717, 'M', 'MR', 'MOHAMMAD', 'MR MOHAMMAD NASIR KHAN SABIR' union allselect 3180017, 'M', 'MR', 'MD', 'MR MD. MAMUN UR RASHID' union allselect 3180585, 'F', 'MISS', 'KATHRYN', 'MISS KATHRYN M J GRANT' union allselect 3182306, 'M', 'MR', 'ABDUL', 'MR ABUL K M H KABIR' union allselect 3182416, 'F', 'MRS', 'CATHERINE', 'MRS CATHERINE ANN LEA DOIG' union allselect 3183759, 'M', 'MR', 'PHILIP', 'MR PHILIP ADAM MOXON' union allselect 3183790, 'F', 'MISS', 'KELLY', 'MISS KELLY NEAVE CHAPPELL' union allselect 3191895, 'F', 'MISS', 'LUCY', 'MISS LUCY ANNE MAY GAULT' union allselect 3192189, 'M', 'MR', 'JOAQUIM', 'MR JOAQUIM FILIPE ABRANTES VAZ' union allselect 3192261, 'F', 'MRS', 'C', 'MRS C D V BALBO-BELL' union allselect 3193077, 'M', 'MR', 'NIDAL', 'MR NIDAL FATHEE ABY SABEI' union allselect 3194554, 'M', 'MR', 'STUART', 'MR STUART ROBERT JAMES DOYLE' union allselect 3201437, 'M', 'MR', 'IAN', 'MR IAN' union allselect 3206600, 'M', 'MR', 'ADRIAN', 'MR ADRIAN JOHN JAMES OWEN' union allselect 3206637, 'M', 'MR', 'J', 'MR J O GARCIA CHAURAN' union allselect 3206695, 'M', 'MR', 'SYED', 'MR SYED SAFDAR SHAH' union allselect 3206744, 'M', 'MR', 'LEE', 'MR LEE ALAN JOEL MAYNARD' union allselect 3206763, 'F', 'MISS', 'TANIA', 'MISS TANIA RACHEL NASH' union allselect 3207104, 'M', 'MR', 'ALEXANDER', 'MR ALEXANDER C D HOPWOOD' union allselect 3207577, 'M', 'MR', 'J', 'MR J H S CAMPBELL' union allselect 3207611, 'F', 'MISS', 'TERRI', 'MISS TERRI LOUISE KATE FLEMING' union allselect 3209050, 'F', 'MISS', 'MELISSA', 'MISS MELISSA NEKITA MAKEMSON' union allselect 3213291, 'M', 'MR', 'MALCOLM', 'MR MALCOLM PETER FORD CROOK' union allselect 3215920, 'M', 'MR', 'IAIN', 'MR IAIN ALASTAIR SMITH DOWNEY' union allselect 3889047, 'M', 'MR', 'PEDORA', 'MR LOFARO' union allselect 3974174, 'M', 'MR', 'MICHAEL', 'MR MICHAEL J KERR' union allselect 3977713, 'M', 'MR', 'XAVIER', 'MR XAVIER DE PONTE DE SOUSA' union allselect 3977753, 'M', 'MR', 'JEAN-DANIEL', 'MR JEAN-DANIEL KENNY FLORIAN' union allselect 6815795, 'U', 'UNKNOWN OR INVALID', 'M', 'MR M WOOD' union allselect 7617439, 'F', 'MRS', 'M', 'MRS MARYMARSHALL' union allselect 7929645, 'M', 'MR', 'RICHARD', 'MR PANTER' union allselect 9092854, 'M', 'MR', 'JARED', 'MR JARED ELVANDO BLAKE' union allselect 9109880, 'M', 'MR', 'MICHAEL', 'MR MICHAEL PAUL LLOYD RAMWELL' union allselect 9165326, 'M', 'MR', 'SCOTT', 'MR SCOTT DE LA FUENTE' union allselect 9321272, 'M', 'MR', 'MPHAMMAD', 'MR MPHAMMAD HAMIDI TABAR' union allselect 9461030, 'M', 'MR', 'KELVIN', 'MR KELVIN POH ANN TAN' union allselect 9508257, 'M', 'MR', 'HARDI', 'MR HARDI M IBRAHIM' union allselect 7899594, 'F', 'MRS', 'SANDRA', 'MRSTHPOMPSON' union allselect 9616820, 'U', 'UNKNOWN OR INVALID', 'HAMMOND', 'MRJOHNHAMMOND' union allselect 9617471, 'M', 'MR', 'PAUL', 'MRPAULWAYMAN' union allselect 9817442, 'M', 'MR', 'ADAM', 'MRADAMMARLEY' union allselect 9853852, 'F', 'MISS', 'P', 'MRBARRYGILMARTIN' union allselect 9895683, 'F', 'MRS', 'REBECCA', 'MRSREBECCAWILSON' union allselect 9924241, 'M', 'MR', 'JOHN', 'MRJOHNWORDEN' union allselect 9941612, 'M', 'MR', 'BRIAN', 'MRBRIANOKEEFFE' union allselect 10214780, 'M', 'MR', 'G', 'MRJAMESWADDLE'
What I am trying to do is cleanse the Surname field. I need to remove the Title/Initials and/or Forename from the Title field. But I am struggling to come up with a neat solution to this problem.Your help would be much appreciated.Thanks.