How to split the name string in mysql?

Question

How to split the name string in mysql ?

E.g.:

name
-----
Sachin ramesh tendulkar
Rahul dravid

Split the name like firstname

Answer 1

To get the rest of the string after the second instance of the space delimiter:

SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(MsgRest, ' ', 1), ' ', -1) AS EMailID
,  SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(MsgRest, ' ', 2), ' ', -1) AS DOB
,  IF(
    LOCATE(' ', `MsgRest`) > 0,
    TRIM(SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING(`MsgRest`, LOCATE(' ', `MsgRest`) +1), 
         LOCATE(' ', SUBSTRING(`MsgRest`, LOCATE(' ', `MsgRest`) +1)) +1)),
    NULL
) AS Person
FROM inbox

Answer 2

We have stored the value of course Name and chapter name in single column ChapterName.

Value stored like : " JAVA : Polymorphism "

you need to retrieve CourseName : JAVA and ChapterName : Polymorphism

Below is the SQL select query to retrieve .

       SELECT   
          SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(ChapterName, ' ', 1), ' ', -1) AS 
       CourseName,

       REPLACE(TRIM(SUBSTR(ChapterName, LOCATE(':', ChapterName)) ),':','') AS 
       ChapterName
       FROM Courses where `id`=1;

Please let me know if any question on this.

Answer 3

First Create Procedure as Below:

CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`%` PROCEDURE `sp_split`(str nvarchar(6500), dilimiter varchar(15), tmp_name varchar(50))
BEGIN

    declare end_index   int;
    declare part        nvarchar(6500);
    declare remain_len  int;

    set end_index      = INSTR(str, dilimiter);

    while(end_index   != 0) do

        /* Split a part */
        set part       = SUBSTRING(str, 1, end_index - 1);

        /* insert record to temp table */
        call `sp_split_insert`(tmp_name, part);

        set remain_len = length(str) - end_index;
        set str = substring(str, end_index + 1, remain_len);

        set end_index  = INSTR(str, dilimiter);

    end while;

    if(length(str) > 0) then

        /* insert record to temp table */
        call `sp_split_insert`(tmp_name, str);

    end if;

END

After that create procedure as below:

CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`%` PROCEDURE `sp_split_insert`(tb_name varchar(255), tb_value nvarchar(6500))
BEGIN
    SET @sql = CONCAT('Insert Into ', tb_name,'(item) Values(?)'); 
    PREPARE s1 from @sql;
    SET @paramA = tb_value;
    EXECUTE s1 USING @paramA;
END

How call test

CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`%` PROCEDURE `test_split`(test_text nvarchar(255))
BEGIN

    create temporary table if not exists tb_search
        (
            item nvarchar(6500)
        );

    call sp_split(test_split, ',', 'tb_search');

    select * from tb_search where length(trim(item)) > 0;

    drop table tb_search;

END


call `test_split`('Apple,Banana,Mengo');

Answer 4

SELECT
    p.fullname AS 'Fullname',
    SUBSTRING_INDEX(p.fullname, ' ', 1) AS 'Firstname',
    SUBSTRING(p.fullname, LOCATE(' ',p.fullname), 
        (LENGTH(p.fullname) - (LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(p.fullname, ' ', 1)) + LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(p.fullname, ' ', -1))))
    ) AS 'Middlename',
    SUBSTRING_INDEX(p.fullname, ' ', -1) AS 'Lastname',
    (LENGTH(p.fullname) - LENGTH(REPLACE(p.fullname, ' ', '')) + 1) AS 'Name Qt'
FROM people AS p
LIMIT 100; 

Explaining:

Find firstname and lastname are easy, you have just to use SUBSTR_INDEX function Magic happens in middlename, where was used SUBSTR with Locate to find the first space position and LENGTH of fullname - (LENGTH firstname + LENGTH lastname) to get all the middlename.

Note that LENGTH of firstname and lastname were calculated using SUBSTR_INDEX

Answer 5

concat(upper(substring(substring_index(NAME, ' ', 1) FROM 1 FOR 1)), lower(substring(substring_index(NAME, ' ', 1) FROM 2 FOR length(substring_index(NAME, ' ', 1))))) AS fname,
CASE 
WHEN length(substring_index(substring_index(NAME, ' ', 2), ' ', -1)) > 2 THEN 
  concat(upper(substring(substring_index(substring_index(NAME, ' ', 2), ' ', -1) FROM 1 FOR 1)), lower(substring(substring_index(substring_index(f.nome, ' ', 2), ' ', -1) FROM 2 FOR length(substring_index(substring_index(f.nome, ' ', 2), ' ', -1)))))
  ELSE 
  CASE 
  WHEN length(substring_index(substring_index(f.nome, ' ', 3), ' ', -1)) > 2 THEN 
    concat(upper(substring(substring_index(substring_index(f.nome, ' ', 3), ' ', -1) FROM 1 FOR 1)), lower(substring(substring_index(substring_index(f.nome, ' ', 3), ' ', -1) FROM 2 FOR length(substring_index(substring_index(f.nome, ' ', 3), ' ', -1)))))
  END 
END 
AS mname

Answer 6

Combined a few answers here to create a SP that returns the parts of the string.

drop procedure if exists SplitStr;
DELIMITER ;;
CREATE PROCEDURE `SplitStr`(IN Str VARCHAR(2000), IN Delim VARCHAR(1))  
    BEGIN
        DECLARE inipos INT;
        DECLARE endpos INT;
        DECLARE maxlen INT;
        DECLARE fullstr VARCHAR(2000);
        DECLARE item VARCHAR(2000);
        create temporary table if not exists tb_split
        (
            item varchar(2000)
        );



        SET inipos = 1;
        SET fullstr = CONCAT(Str, delim);
        SET maxlen = LENGTH(fullstr);

        REPEAT
            SET endpos = LOCATE(delim, fullstr, inipos);
            SET item =  SUBSTR(fullstr, inipos, endpos - inipos);

            IF item <> '' AND item IS NOT NULL THEN           
                insert into tb_split values(item);
            END IF;
            SET inipos = endpos + 1;
        UNTIL inipos >= maxlen END REPEAT;

        SELECT * from tb_split;
        drop table tb_split;
    END;;
DELIMITER ;