Question

How would I go about inserting a space in a word using a MySQL string
function?

I have a GPS co-ordinate saved in my gps column as such

S2829.080,E2850.683

I would like the output to be :

S28 29.080,E28 50.683

Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks

SOLUTION UPDATE :

CREATE FUNCTION SPLIT_STR(
  x VARCHAR(255),
  delim VARCHAR(12),
  pos INT
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(255)
RETURN REPLACE(SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos),
       LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos -1)) + 1),
       delim, '');

SELECT CONCAT_WS(' ', LEFT(SPLIT_STR("S2829.080,E2850.683",',',1),3),MID(SPLIT_STR("S2829.080,E2850.683",',',1),4,LENGTH(SPLIT_STR("S2829.080,E2850.683",',',1)))) AS
latitude;

SELECT CONCAT_WS(' ', LEFT(SPLIT_STR("S2829.080,E2850.683",',',1),3),MID(SPLIT_STR("S2829.080,E2850.683",',',2),4,LENGTH(SPLIT_STR("S2829.080,E2850.683",',',2)))) AS
longitude;

I have since “Normalized” my database and changed the JS form by adding 2 columns
for longitude and latitude.

Thank you all

Answer 1

Try below :

use concat(),left(),mid() mysql functions:

update table set columnname=concat(LEFT(columnname,3),' ',MID(columnname,4,LENGTH(columnname)))

Assuming your space will always be after 3 char in your column value

BTW it will not work if you storing comma separated values under single column. and that is drawback of such table schema.

You should Normalize your database

You should make parent child table in-stead of comma separated values