• Create Table Contacts( name varchar(200))

     go

     insert into Contacts(Name) Values('John E. Doe')

     insert into Contacts(Name) Values('Jan Smith')

     insert into Contacts(Name) Values('Ralph Wallace')

     insert into Contacts(Name) Values('Walter C Johnson')

    go

    select    Left(Name, Len(Name) - Charindex(' ',Reverse(Name),1)-1) As FName

     , Right(Name,Charindex(' ',Reverse(Name),1)-1) As LName

    from Contacts


    * Noel