How to split the name string in mysql?

Question

How to split the name string in mysql ?

E.g.:

name
-----
Sachin ramesh tendulkar
Rahul dravid

Split the name like firstname

Answer 1

SELECT
    p.fullname AS 'Fullname',
    SUBSTRING_INDEX(p.fullname, ' ', 1) AS 'Firstname',
    SUBSTRING(p.fullname, LOCATE(' ',p.fullname), 
        (LENGTH(p.fullname) - (LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(p.fullname, ' ', 1)) + LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(p.fullname, ' ', -1))))
    ) AS 'Middlename',
    SUBSTRING_INDEX(p.fullname, ' ', -1) AS 'Lastname',
    (LENGTH(p.fullname) - LENGTH(REPLACE(p.fullname, ' ', '')) + 1) AS 'Name Qt'
FROM people AS p
LIMIT 100; 

Explaining:

Find firstname and lastname are easy, you have just to use SUBSTR_INDEX function Magic happens in middlename, where was used SUBSTR with Locate to find the first space position and LENGTH of fullname - (LENGTH firstname + LENGTH lastname) to get all the middlename.

Note that LENGTH of firstname and lastname were calculated using SUBSTR_INDEX