how to separate string into different columns?

Question

I\'ve a table with entries like this.

    MachineName
-----------------------

    Ab bb zecos
    a zeng
    zeng
    empty

4 rows in a ta

Answer 1

DECLARE @Tmp TABLE (empid INT,joined nchar(10))

INSERT @Tmp SELECT 1,'1990, 1111' 
INSERT @Tmp SELECT 2,'2000, 2222' 

INSERT @Tmp SELECT 3,'1993, 3333' 

INSERT @Tmp SELECT 4,'1899, 4444' 
INSERT @Tmp SELECT 5,'1999, 5555' 

INSERT @Tmp SELECT 6,'2001, 6666 ' 


--Using PARSENAME 

SELECT empid, joined,
       PARSENAME(REPLACE(joined,',','.'),2) join1, 
       PARSENAME(REPLACE(joined,',','.'),1) join2 
FROM @Tmp