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3>
4>
5> create table Bankers(
6>    BankerID             Integer,
7>    BankerName           VARCHAR(20),
8>    BankerContactLName   VARCHAR(20),
9>    BankerContactFName   VARCHAR(20),
10>    BankerCity           VARCHAR(20),
11>    BankerState          VARCHAR(20),
12>    BankerZipCode        VARCHAR(20),
13>    BankerPhone          VARCHAR(20)
14> )
15> GO
1>
2> insert into Bankers values (1, 'ABC Inc.','Joe','Smith','Vancouver','BC','11111','111-111-1111');
3> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (2, 'DEF Inc.','Red','Rice', 'New York', 'DE','22222','222-222-2222');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (3, 'HJI Inc.','Kit','Cat',  'Paris',    'CA','33333','333-333-3333');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (4, 'QWE Inc.','Git','Black','Regina',   'ER','44444','444-444-4444');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (5, 'RTY Inc.','Wil','Lee',  'Toronto',  'YU','55555','555-555-5555');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (6, 'YUI Inc.','Ted','Larry','Calgary',  'TY','66666','666-666-6666');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (7, 'OIP Inc.','Yam','Act',  'San Franc','FG','77777','777-777-7777');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (8, 'SAD Inc.','Hit','Eat',  'Orland',   'PO','88888','888-888-8888');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (9, 'DFG Inc.','Sad','Lee',  'Wisler',   'PL','99999','999-999-9999');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (0, 'GHJ Inc.','Bit','Lee',  'Ticker',   'MN','00000','000-000-0000');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2> SELECT BankerName,
3>     LEFT(BankerName, CHARINDEX(' ', BankerName) - 1) AS First,
4>     RIGHT(BankerName, LEN(BankerName) - CHARINDEX(' ', BankerName) ) AS Last
5> FROM Bankers
6> GO
BankerName           First                Last
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
ABC Inc.             ABC                  Inc.
DEF Inc.             DEF                  Inc.
HJI Inc.             HJI                  Inc.
QWE Inc.             QWE                  Inc.
RTY Inc.             RTY                  Inc.
YUI Inc.             YUI                  Inc.
OIP Inc.             OIP                  Inc.
SAD Inc.             SAD                  Inc.
DFG Inc.             DFG                  Inc.
GHJ Inc.             GHJ                  Inc.

(10 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table Bankers;
3> GO
1>








12.6.LEFT
12.6.1.LEFT function returns a number of characters from the left-hand side of a string.
12.6.2.select LEFT('SQL Server', 3)
12.6.3.Taking the Leftmost or Rightmost Part of a String
12.6.4.A SELECT statement that uses the LEFT function
12.6.5.Use LEFT and RIGHT to get sub value from a column
12.6.6.LEFT(CompanyName, 1) and like
12.6.7.How to use the string functions to parse a string