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Message Posted: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 @ 18:01:20 GMT

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<-- Anonymously Posted: Friday, September 21, 2007 13:34 -->

Here is an example of "last, first middle (if any)" in output, as you described in your example.

     create volatile table nametable
     (c1 VARCHAR(42))
     primary index (c1) on commit preserve rows;
     insert into nametable sel 'Scott S Smith';
     insert into nametable sel 'Mike K. Carter';
     insert into nametable sel 'Sam Simpson';
     SELECT CASE
     WHEN INDEX(SUBSTR(c1, INDEX(c1, ' ')+1, CHAR(c1)),' ') <= 0 THEN
     SUBSTR(c1, INDEX(c1, ' ')+1, CHAR(c1)) || ', ' || SUBSTR(c1,0,INDEX(c1, ' '))
     ELSE
     SUBSTR(c1, INDEX(SUBSTR(c1, INDEX(c1, ' ')+1, CHAR(c1)),' ')+INDEX(c1,'
     ')+1,CHAR(c1)) ||', ' ||
     SUBSTR(c1, 0, INDEX(c1, ' ')+INDEX(SUBSTR(c1, INDEX(c1, ' ')+1,
     CHAR(c1)),' ') )
     END
     FROM NAMETABLE;

Output:

     < CASE  expression >
     Smith, Scott S
     Simpson, Sam
     Carter, Mike K.

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