From: | "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question |
Date: | 2007-06-25 18:07:17 |
Message-ID: | 20070625180717.GA19814@a-kretschmer.de |
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am Mon, dem 25.06.2007, um 12:44:25 -0500 mailte Joshua folgendes:
> Ok,
>
> You guys must be getting sick of these newbie questions, but I can't
> resist since I am learning a lot from these email lists and getting
> results quick! Thanks to everyone for their contributions.
>
> Here is my questions....
>
> I have a column that looks like this
>
> firstname
> -----------------
> John B
> Mark A
> Jennifer D
>
> Basically I have the first name followed by a middle initial. Is there a
> quick command I can run to strip the middle initial? Basically, I just
> need to delete the middle initial so the column would then look like the
> following:
>
> firstname
> ---------------
> John
> Mark
> Jennifer
Yes, of course:
test=# select split_part('My Name', ' ', 1);
split_part
------------
My
(1 row)
And now, i think, you should read our fine manual:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/
Andreas
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