On Monday 25 June 2007 10:28:40 Joshua wrote:
> Ok here is another simple question from a novice....
>
> Here is what my table looks like
>
> firstname lastname fullname
> ---------- ---------- -----------
> smith, john
> green, susan
> white, jeff
>
>
> How can I break the fullname field into firstname lastname fields so it
> looks like the following:
>
> firstname lastname fullname
> --------- --------- ---------
> john smith smith, john
> susan green green, susan
> jeff white white, jeff
>
> Please let me know. Sorry for such simple novice questions, I appreciate
> your support.
>
> THANKS!
>
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You may want to consider breaking those out into individual columns. It's
much easier to put those together later on than it is to separate them out.
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