Re: un-stringing?? - names

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

I already tried that!!! Actually, I used hex instead of ascii. :)

Timm


On Wednesday, June 23, 1999 4:19 PM, Gracen Duffield
[SMTP:gduffiel@TDHCA.STATE.TX.US] wrote:
> convert all the letters to numbers using ascii values, divide by pi, and
> tell everyone they now have to go by their "Buchanan ID".
>
>
> Gracen Duffield
> Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
> 475-3839
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buchanan, Timothy [mailto:buchanan@BIPERF.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 3:55 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject: Re: un-stringing?? - names
>
>
> 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
> > >