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odonnellt
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2004-05-19 : 05:07:51
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| I need to get the last word from a text field so i can use it to sort records.the reason for this is because we currently use a text field to store names and now want to be able to sort on the surname.any help would be appreciated.thanks,tony |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2004-05-19 : 05:54:10
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| select right(fld,charindex(' ',reverse(fld))-1)==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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raymondpeacock
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
367 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-19 : 05:57:54
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| You can't use RIGHT or REVERSE on a text field, can you? If Tony meant a character column then that would work otherwise it gets a whole lot messier!Raymond |
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odonnellt
Starting Member
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Posted - 2004-05-19 : 06:04:07
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| I've tried the above sql casting the text field as a char. it doesn't quite work. a lot of the fields come out blank and some return part of the surname |
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raymondpeacock
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
367 Posts |
Posted - 2004-05-19 : 06:08:52
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| Be aware that using CAST will only work if all your data is less than 8k. Are there trailing spaces in the data? Try using RTRIM on Nigel's command.Raymond |
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odonnellt
Starting Member
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Posted - 2004-05-19 : 07:01:51
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| thanks it works now.your help is much appreciated. |
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retrieve last word from text field