Split value from one field to two

Question

I\'ve got a table field membername which contains both the last name and the first name of users. Is it possible to split those into 2 fields memberfirst<

Answer 1

I had a column where the first and last name were both were in one column. The first and last name were separated by a comma. The code below worked. There is NO error checking/correction. Just a dumb split. Used phpMyAdmin to execute the SQL statement.

UPDATE tblAuthorList SET AuthorFirst = SUBSTRING_INDEX(AuthorLast,',',-1) , AuthorLast = SUBSTRING_INDEX(AuthorLast,',',1);

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