Split content of field into 2 fields [duplicate] - sql

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I have to run a query in Access sql or using the Query Wizard to split the data of field into 2.
The field has data such as 1234 ave willie and has email addresses such as haha#yahoo.com .
I need to put 1234 ave willie in a new field named St address and haha#yahoo.com in Email.
Can someone help? Is there a wildcard operator like LIKE etc?

Answer 1

You should look into using LIKE to determine which field is an email and which field is an address. Something like this would work:
SELECT Field, 'Email' FieldType
FROM YourTable
WHERE Field Like '*#*'
UNION ALL
SELECT Field, 'Address' FieldType
FROM YourTable
WHERE Field Not Like '*#*'
You mention you need to split these in 2 separate fields -- depends on the table structure. But assuming you add 2 new fields to the original table, then something like this should work:
UPDATE YourTable SET Email = Field WHERE Field Like '*#*'
UPDATE YourTable SET Address = Field WHERE Field Not Like '*#*'
You can find a better algorithm to search by email address -- this is just an example. But assuming any field with an # symbol is an email, then the above will work fine. Here's an SO post with SQL Email validation that can help get you started:
Sql script to find invalid email addresses