How to get the first name from customer_name column

Question

select substring(custmer_name, 1, instr(custmer_name, ' ')) as first_name from sales.customers;

This solution gave me the answer, but it doesn't work for the last name

Answer 1

Using SUBSTRING_INDEX()Requires 3 parameters:

1. Column name
2. Delimiter
3. The number of occurrences

You can find more instructions here Article

Inquire

SELECT
  SUBSTRING_INDEX(customer_name,' ', 1) as first_name, 
  SUBSTRING_INDEX(customer_name,' ', -1) as last_name FROM customer;

Answer 2

Please test it: I use the locate function to define the location of " ".

SELECT 
LEFT(customer_name, LOCATE(' ',customer_name)-1) as first_name,
RIGHT(customer_name, LENGTH(customer_name)-LOCATE(' ',customer_name)) as last_name
FROM customer;

Result set: