Parsing Name Fields

I have a name field that contains the First and Last Name together. What
function can I use to parsing the First and Last Name. The names are
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separated with a "," or a space " ".

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The InStr function will find an occurrance of a specific character in a
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string.

However, what about names with more than one space in them: Mary Lou Retton,
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Ludwig von Beethoven, Walter de la Mare, etc.?

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"iholder" wrote in message
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>I have a name field that contains the First and Last Name together. What
> function can I use to parsing the First and Last Name. The names are
> separated with a "," or a space " ".

Either a "," (comma) or a " " (space)? Does that mean you have "Doe, John"
and "John Doe"? And what do you want to do with something like "John Doe,
Jr."?

In addition to Douglas' suggestion, and depending on how new a version of
Access you are using, take a look at the Split() function (but this requires
you to be explicit about the "separator" character).
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Good luck!

Jeff Boyce


"iholder" wrote in message
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>I have a name field that contains the First and Last Name together. What
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> function can I use to parsing the First and Last Name. The names are
> separated with a "," or a space " ".