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

You could use the common_schema and use the tokenize function. For more information about this, follow the links. Your code the would end up like:

call tokenize(name, ' ');

However, be aware that a space is not a reliable separator for first and last name. E.g. In Spain it is common to have two last names.

Answer 2

select (case when locate('(', LocationName) = 0 
        then 
            horse_name
        else 
           left(LocationName, locate('(', LocationName) - 1)
       end) as Country            
from   tblcountry;

Answer 3

Here is the split function I use:

--
-- split function
--    s   : string to split
--    del : delimiter
--    i   : index requested
--

DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS SPLIT_STRING;

DELIMITER $

CREATE FUNCTION 
   SPLIT_STRING ( s VARCHAR(1024) , del CHAR(1) , i INT)
   RETURNS VARCHAR(1024)
   DETERMINISTIC -- always returns same results for same input parameters
    BEGIN

        DECLARE n INT ;

        -- get max number of items
        SET n = LENGTH(s) - LENGTH(REPLACE(s, del, '')) + 1;

        IF i > n THEN
            RETURN NULL ;
        ELSE
            RETURN SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(s, del, i) , del , -1 ) ;        
        END IF;

    END
$

DELIMITER ;


SET @agg = "G1;G2;G3;G4;" ;

SELECT SPLIT_STRING(@agg,';',1) ;
SELECT SPLIT_STRING(@agg,';',2) ;
SELECT SPLIT_STRING(@agg,';',3) ;
SELECT SPLIT_STRING(@agg,';',4) ;
SELECT SPLIT_STRING(@agg,';',5) ;
SELECT SPLIT_STRING(@agg,';',6) ;

Answer 4

There is no string split function in MySQL. so you have to create your own function. This will help you. More details at this link.

Function:

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, '');

Usage:

SELECT SPLIT_STR(string, delimiter, position)

Example:

SELECT SPLIT_STR('a|bb|ccc|dd', '|', 3) as third;

+-------+
| third |
+-------+
| ccc   |
+-------+