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stovan
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9 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-20 : 05:54:50

help

i have data that look like :

edward hastings
matthew brennan
s cummings

how do split string to get just initial?

output :
eh
mb
sc

webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-20 : 05:58:49

Won't work for:
- 3 part names
- 1 part names
How exactly does your data looks like?
Always only 2 part names?
Then:
select
left(namecolumn,1)+
substring(namecolumn,charindex(' ',namecolumn)+1,1)
from table

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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-20 : 05:59:47

What about "Peter Larsson Sr"`?
Or "Rev Walter Edges"?

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stovan
Starting Member

9 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-20 : 06:02:17

no 3 part :) thank u

khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

17689 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-20 : 06:08:14

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56499

KH
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madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-20 : 09:15:37

select data,left(data,1)+substring(data,charindex(' ',data)+1,1) as new_data from
(
select 'edward hastings' as data union all
select 'matthew brennan' union all
select 's cummings'
) as t

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-20 : 09:45:32

quote:
Originally posted by madhivanan

select data,left(data,1)+substring(data,charindex(' ',data)+1,1) as new_data from
(
select 'edward hastings' as data union all
select 'matthew brennan' union all
select 's cummings'
) as t

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

Exact my solution...see above

No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

Lamprey
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

4614 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-20 : 11:01:17

I was just goofing around with PARSENAME for fun..

SELECT 
	LEFT(PARSENAME(data, 2), 1)
	+ LEFT(PARSENAME(data, 1), 1)
FROM
	(
		SELECT 
			REPLACE(data, ' ', '.') AS data
		FROM
			(
				select 'edward hastings' as data union all
				select 'matthew brennan' union all
				select 's cummings'
			) as t
	) AS D

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-21 : 07:10:29

quote:
Originally posted by webfred

quote:
Originally posted by madhivanan

select data,left(data,1)+substring(data,charindex(' ',data)+1,1) as new_data from
(
select 'edward hastings' as data union all
select 'matthew brennan' union all
select 's cummings'
) as t

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

Exact my solution...see above

No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

I didn't read your reply properly

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

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