Does anyone have an already-built SQL or plpgsql function to parse
full names that they would be willing to share? I.e.,
"Devon P. Winchester Null"
parsed to
"Devon P. Winchester" and "Null"
I just did about 5000 of these (having 1 to 5 words per name) by
exporting to a spreadsheet and doing iterative trimming of the first
word, then reassembling the results. I couldn't find an easier
prebuilt way, and it would be a useful function to have
available in a database.
