Re: un-stringing?? - names

[Nicole Byrd <nbbyrd@EMORY.EDU>]

And what about Oscar De La Renta or Chow Yun Fat or Mary Lou La Rue?  Is
"Mary" the first name, or is it "Mary Lou"?  How do you decide that "La Rue"
is the last name, and not just "Rue"?  Is "Chow Yun" the first name, or is
"Yun Fat" the last name, or is "Yun" the middle name?

Nicole Byrd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of SQR, SQRIBE Technologies's database reporting
> language [mailto:SQR-USERS@LIST.IEX.NET]On Behalf Of Buchanan, Timothy
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 4:08 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject: un-stringing??
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>
> Any easy way to take data from a table such as:
>
> Bob Smith
> Jane A. Doe
> Billy Joe Whitaver
>
>
> and parse it out into Last Name, First Name and Middle Initial??????
>
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Timm
>