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Ok it works... One thing though it places the first name in the LastName column and vis versa. Can you redo with SQL?
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Ok it works... One thing though it places the first name in the LastName column and vis versa. Can you redo with SQL?

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just interchange the column names''UPDATE urTable SET<br />
LastName= &nbsp;SUBSTRING(FullName,1,CHARI<wbr />NDEX(',',F<wbr />ullName)-1<wbr />),<br />
FirstName = &nbsp;LTRIM(SUBSTRING(FullName,C<wbr />HARINDEX('<wbr />,',FullNam<wbr />e)+1,LEN(F<wbr />ullName)))<wbr /><br />

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just interchange the column names''UPDATE urTable SET
LastName=  SUBSTRING(FullName,1,CHARINDEX(',',FullName)-1),
FirstName =  LTRIM(SUBSTRING(FullName,CHARINDEX(',',FullName)+1,LEN(FullName)))


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In SQL Server:<br />
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I've got a FullName column formatted like:<br />
Smith, Tom<br />
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I want to split out the values to separate columns:<br />
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FirstName<br />
LastName<br />

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In SQL Server:

I've got a FullName column formatted like:
Smith, Tom

I want to split out the values to separate columns:

FirstName
LastName


SQL server split column

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