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sorry topic title slightly wrong, I want to delete all characters after a comma but imagine the method will be pretty much the same<br />
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Cheers
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sorry topic title slightly wrong, I want to delete all characters after a comma but imagine the method will be pretty much the same

Cheers

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Thanks, that did the job just fine, it did leave an extra space at the start which I have managed to remove easily enough<br />
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cheers
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Thanks, that did the job just fine, it did leave an extra space at the start which I have managed to remove easily enough

cheers

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declare @name varchar(50)<br />
set @name='Ritesh,Shah'<br />
select replace(@name,substring(@n<wbr />ame,charin<wbr />dex(',',@n<wbr />ame),len(@<wbr />name)),'')<wbr />
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declare @name varchar(50)
set @name='Ritesh,Shah'
select replace(@name,substring(@name,charindex(',',@name),len(@name)),'')

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I have had a quick search but can't seem to get a working method of this, and I can't imagine it is the most difficult thing to do.<br />
I have a list of about 1000 names from a client, all in the 'surname, forename' format.<br />
I am loading them into a database but want them to be in the 'Forename Surname' format.<br />
I have managed to get some working code to get the forename only but now need something that will get the surname only, and a way to do that is get delete all characters after and including the comma.<br />
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Cheers in advance
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I have had a quick search but can't seem to get a working method of this, and I can't imagine it is the most difficult thing to do.
I have a list of about 1000 names from a client, all in the 'surname, forename' format.
I am loading them into a database but want them to be in the 'Forename Surname' format.
I have managed to get some working code to get the forename only but now need something that will get the surname only, and a way to do that is get delete all characters after and including the comma.

Cheers in advance

Delete Characters After a Space in a String

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