How to view a name in two different columns as firstname and last name?

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SQL-Server-2005

I want my name, i.e., "Anaya Upadhyay" to view into two columns using a select statement.
One column should have my firstname, another the lastname.

Use the following statement:

select 'Anaya Upadhyay' as [name]

Any ideas???

Posted 23-May-13 16:57pm

Anaya Upadhyay

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walterhevedeich 23-May-13 23:23pm

Unclear

Anaya Upadhyay 24-May-13 3:51am

i want to split my name in two columns or rows.

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Solution 3

SQL

declare @name  nvarchar(50)
set @name = 'Walter Hevedeich'

SELECT CASE
         WHEN @name LIKE '% %' THEN LEFT(@name, Charindex(' ', @name) - 1)
         ELSE @name
       END As FirstName,
       CASE
         WHEN @name LIKE '% %' THEN RIGHT(@name, Charindex(' ', Reverse(@name)) - 1)
       END As LastName

check this one..

Posted 23-May-13 23:59pm

Arun Vasu

Solution 1

SQL

SELECT FirstName + '   ' + LastName  'Column_Name' FROM [Table_Name]

TRY LIKE THIS

Posted 23-May-13 17:22pm

Arun Vasu

Updated 23-May-13 23:52pm

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Arun Vasu 23-May-13 23:24pm

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Anaya Upadhyay 24-May-13 3:51am

This is not what i meant, i want to split a single text block i.e. my name into two individual columns or rows.

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walterhevedeich · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-23T22:10:00

Given that your name column contains this format

[Firstname][space][LastName]

You can use CHARINDEX and SUBSTRING to split it into 2 columns. The following is an example

SQL

DECLARE @name AS VARCHAR(30)
DECLARE @spaceIndex AS INT
SET @name = 'Walter Hevedeich'
SET @spaceIndex = CHARINDEX(' ', @name)
SELECT SUBSTRING(@name, 1, @spaceIndex) AS FirstName,
SUBSTRING(@name,@spaceIndex,LEN(@name)) AS LastName

Also, check this[^] link for the complete string functions for SQL.