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tomus2008
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Posted - 2010-09-25 : 04:37:56

hi
i write the code for splitting name into first middle and last name and update it into the same table , but it shows error
the table idname contain five coloumn id name fname mname and lname
i pass onlu id and name from front end to table
create trigger tr1 on idname
for insert
as
begin
DECLARE @I1 int,
@I2 int,
@I3 int

UPDATE U
SET
@I1 = CHARINDEX(' ', [name] + ' ')
, [fname] = LEFT( [name], @I1-1)
, @I2 = NullIf(CHARINDEX(' ', [name] + ' ', @I1+1), 0)
, [mname] = SUBSTRING( [name], @I1+1, @I2-@I1-1)
, @I3 = NullIf(CHARINDEX(' ', [name] + ' ', @I2+1), 0)
, [lname] = SUBSTRING( [name], @I2+1, @I3-@I2-1)
FROM dbo.idname AS U
end

visakh16
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52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-09-25 : 12:37:47

how will you determine tha parts of name? will format of name be consistent?

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Posted - 2010-09-25 : 13:58:56

Also you should join inserted on id instead of updating the whole table for each insert.

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