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 may have problems if the Fullname doesn't contain a space. Assuming the whole of FullName goes to Surname if there is no space and FirstName becomes an empty string, then you can use this:

SELECT
  RTRIM(LEFT(FullName, CHARINDEX(' ', FullName))) AS FirstName,
  SUBSTRING(FullName, CHARINDEX(' ', FullName) + 1, 8000) AS LastName
FROM
  MyNameTable;