How to get first character of first name and last whole surname of Particular name in sql

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i store a value RAMESH SHARMA in data base.i want to take this RAMAESH SHARMA like
R.SHARMA so how can i do this with sql query.

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Posted 25-Mar-13 2:08am

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Hey you could do a simple statement like

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SELECT RIGHT(Name,2) + '. ' +
    LEFT(Name,LEN(Name) - CHARINDEX(' ', Name))

Posted 25-Mar-13 3:19am

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CHill60 · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-25T02:50:00

You could use

SQL

SELECT SUBSTRING(Name,1,1) + '. ' +
     SUBSTRING(Name, CHARINDEX(' ', Name) + 1, LEN(Name) - CHARINDEX(' ', Name))

You may run into problems with middle names.
At our site we store the name on the database in it's component parts i.e. firstName, MiddleNames, lastName which would make this task easier

Ok - have also just found the following links ..
http://www.sql-server-helper.com/tips/split-name.aspx[^] which expands on my solution above
and
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic943562-338-1.aspx#bm944589[^]