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                                         robertnzana 
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                                             Posted - 2008-05-20 : 12:13:35
                                            
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                                            | I imported data into a table.  It has City/State together, like this "Miami, FL". How can I "split" the 2 fields and put Miami into the City field and FL into the state field (in the same table)?Thanks. | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     madhivanan 
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                                            Posted - 2008-05-21 : 05:46:16
                                          
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                                          | select mid(column_name, 1,instr(1,column_name)-1),mid(column_name, instr(1,column_name,',')+1,len(column_name)) from your_tableMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail  | 
                                         
                                        
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