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Thanks sdstuber - is there any other way with out regular expression
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if the data is formatted as you described &nbsp;- that is, actually comma separated, not commas and spaces<br />
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so something like &quot;LNAME,FNAME,MNAME,SURNAME<wbr />&quot;<br />
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then try this...<br />
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SELECT SUBSTR(yourstring, 1, INSTR(yourstring, ',') - 1) lname,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;SUBSTR(<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;yourstring,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;INSTR(yourstring, ',') + 1,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;INSTR(<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;yourstring,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;',',<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- INSTR(yourstring, ',')<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- 1<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;fname<br />
&nbsp; FROM yourtable
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The question that needs to be answered is, &quot;Are there commas and/or spaces between each word and are there possible combinations of one or the other or both?
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Hi - I have a string like &quot;LNAME, FNAME MNAME SURNAME&quot;<br />
I am trying to write query in oracle to get just the FNAME and LNAME excluding others.<br />
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1) data is comma seperated <br />
2) the data before comma is LNAME and first word after comma is FNAME.<br />
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How can I get that.<br />
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Thanks
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Hi - I have a string like "LNAME, FNAME MNAME SURNAME"
I am trying to write query in oracle to get just the FNAME and LNAME excluding others.

1) data is comma seperated 
2) the data before comma is LNAME and first word after comma is FNAME.

How can I get that.

Thanks

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