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How to separate last name and first names in single column into two new columns in MySQL?
For this, use SUBSTRING_INDEX() and REPLACE(). Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable (Name varchar(100)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.53 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command. Here, we have inserted last name and first names −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris | Bob Brown'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Carol | Robert Taylor'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Sam | David Miller'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-----------------------+ | Name | +-----------------------+ | Chris | Bob Brown | | Carol | Robert Taylor | | Sam | David Miller | +-----------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to separate last name and first names into two new columns in MySQL −
mysql> SELECT REPLACE(Name, SUBSTRING_INDEX(Name, ' ', -1),'') AS FirstName, SUBSTRING_INDEX(Name, ' ', -1) AS LastName from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-----------------+----------+ | FirstName | LastName | +-----------------+----------+ | Chris | Bob | Brown | | Carol | Robert | Taylor | | Sam | David | Miller | +-----------------+----------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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