Re: un-stringing?? - names

["Buchanan, Timothy" <buchanan@BIPERF.COM>]

Thanks Nicole, now I am REALLY confused!! :)

Timm Yun Fat De La Rue



On Wednesday, June 23, 1999 3:42 PM, Nicole Byrd [SMTP:nbbyrd@EMORY.EDU]
wrote:
> 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??
> >
> >
> > 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
> >