T-SQL substring - separating first and last name

Question

I have a column which has FirstName and LastName together. I\'m writing a report to separate the FirstName And LastName. How do I get the FirstName and LastName separated in

Answer 1

You could do this if firstname and surname are separated by space:

SELECT SUBSTRING(FirstAndSurnameCol, 0, CHARINDEX(' ', FirstAndSurnameCol)) Firstname,
SUBSTRING(FirstAndSurnameCol, CHARINDEX(' ', FirstAndSurnameCol)+1, LEN(FirstAndSurnameCol)) Surname FROM ...