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Splitting one column into two columns in SQL Server CE

I am doing a project with VS2010 using C#.

I have a local database (.sdf file). Here is the example content of my database:

Column1

Frodo Baggins
Samwise Gamgee
Peregrin Took
Meriadoc Brandybuck
.
.
.

What I am trying to do is split names and surnames into two different columns, like this:

Names
                        Surnames

Frodo             Baggins
Samwise           Gamgee
Peregrin          Took
Meriadoc          Brandybuck
.                 .
.                 .
.                 .

Since I’m using SQL Server CE 3.5 Edition, LEFT, MID functions didn’t work for me. So, how would I do that?

Answer 1

try this:

DECLARE @YourTable table (Column1  varchar(50))
INSERT @YourTable VALUES ('Frodo Baggins')
INSERT @YourTable VALUES ('Samwise Gamgee')
INSERT @YourTable VALUES ('Peregrin Took')
INSERT @YourTable VALUES ('Meriadoc Brandybuck')
INSERT @YourTable VALUES ('aa')
INSERT @YourTable VALUES ('aa bb cc')

SELECT
    LEFT(Column1,CHARINDEX(' ',Column1)) AS Names
    ,RIGHT(Column1,LEN(Column1)-CHARINDEX(' ',Column1)) AS Surnames
    FROM @YourTable

--both queries produce same output
SELECT 
    SUBSTRING(Column1, 0, CHARINDEX(' ', Column1))
    ,SUBSTRING(Column1, CHARINDEX(' ',Column1) + 1, LEN(Column1)) 
FROM @YourTable

OUTPUT:

Names       Surnames
----------- -------------
Frodo       Baggins
Samwise     Gamgee
Peregrin    Took
Meriadoc    Brandybuck
            aa
aa          bb cc

(6 row(s) affected)