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Try this:<br />
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Mid(&quot;smith, john a&quot;,1,InStrRev(&quot;smith, john a&quot;,&quot; &quot;)))<br />
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returns smith, john <br />
<br />
mx<br />
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Try this:

Mid("smith, john a",1,InStrRev("smith, john a"," ")))

returns smith, john

mx



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Generic:<br />
<br />
Mid(FullName,1,InStrRev(Fu<wbr />llName&quot;,&quot; &quot;))<br />
<br />
mx
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Generic:

Mid(FullName,1,InStrRev(FullName"," "))

mx

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Opps .... extra &quot;&quot;<br />
<br />
Mid([FullName],1,InStrRev(<wbr />[FullName]<wbr />,&quot; &quot;))<br />
<br />
<br />
Query:<br />
<br />
SELECT Mid([FullName],1,InStrRev(<wbr />[FullName]<wbr />,&quot; &quot;)) AS Expr1<br />
FROM Table1;<br />
<br />
mx
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Opps .... extra ""

Mid([FullName],1,InStrRev([FullName]," "))


Query:

SELECT Mid([FullName],1,InStrRev([FullName]," ")) AS Expr1
FROM Table1;

mx

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Not every record has a middle initial - when this is the case, the above gets rid of the first name.
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Not every record has a middle initial - when this is the case, the above gets rid of the first name.

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As you can get what you want via a query, I recommend you leave your data intact. &nbsp;Run this query:<br />
<br />
SELECT IIF(instr(mytest,&quot; &quot;) = instrrev(mytest,&quot; &quot;), mytest, Left(mytest,instr(instr(my<wbr />test,&quot;, &quot;)+2,mytest,&quot; &quot;))) AS JustName FROM myTable;
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As you can get what you want via a query, I recommend you leave your data intact.  Run this query:

SELECT IIF(instr(mytest," ") = instrrev(mytest," "), mytest, Left(mytest,instr(instr(mytest,", ")+2,mytest," "))) AS JustName FROM myTable;

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I swear I will get this down eventually!<br />
<br />
I need to select only part of a User Name field. &nbsp;Some of the User names have a middle initial at the very end of the string that I need to remove.<br />
<br />
I need to convert:<br />
<br />
smith, john a to<br />
smith, john<br />
<br />
Thanks!
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I swear I will get this down eventually!

I need to select only part of a User Name field.  Some of the User names have a middle initial at the very end of the string that I need to remove.

I need to convert:

smith, john a to
smith, john

Thanks!

Selecting Part of a field

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