Famous SQL Interview Question | First Name , Middle Name and Last Name of a Customer

In this video we will discuss a famous SQL interview problem where we need to segregate first name , middle name and last name from the customer name. I am going to explain the solution in a step by step manner.
script:
create table customers (customer_name varchar(30))
insert into customers values ('Ankit Bansal')
,('Vishal Pratap Singh')
,('Michael');
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  • @ankitbansal6
    @ankitbansal64 ай бұрын

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  • @neerajpathak7585
    @neerajpathak75854 ай бұрын

    This also seems to work fine for me : SELECT split_part(customer_name,' ',1) as first_name ,case when split_part(customer_name,' ',3) ='' then '' else split_part(customer_name,' ',2) end as second_name ,case when split_part(customer_name,' ',3) ='' then split_part(customer_name,' ',2) else split_part(customer_name,' ',3) end as third_name from customers

  • @Riteshkumar-r5o

    @Riteshkumar-r5o

    6 күн бұрын

    Simple and easy solution for PostgreSQL thanks buddy for your effort

  • @neerajpathak7585

    @neerajpathak7585

    6 күн бұрын

    @@Riteshkumar-r5o 👍🏻

  • @dfkgjdflkg
    @dfkgjdflkg4 ай бұрын

    Not surprised endlessly impressive mastery that can only be envied. thanks

  • @deepeshmatkati3058
    @deepeshmatkati30584 ай бұрын

    Great explanation Ankit

  • @roshangangurde7188
    @roshangangurde71884 ай бұрын

    Great explanation sir 🙏🙏

  • @srinubathina7191
    @srinubathina71914 ай бұрын

    Thank you Bro again explanation is next level

  • @Ashu23200
    @Ashu232002 ай бұрын

    Superb!

  • @vsagar4b38
    @vsagar4b384 ай бұрын

    Liked the Logic and Explanation, superb Enjoyed. Thanks Ankit

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad you liked it

  • @architsrivastava6649
    @architsrivastava66494 ай бұрын

    My interview in 30 mins and was watching your Sql playlist ❤️

  • @bhumikalalchandani321

    @bhumikalalchandani321

    4 ай бұрын

    good luck!!

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    All the best 🙂

  • @CricketLover-qy9nn

    @CricketLover-qy9nn

    4 ай бұрын

    If u don't mind can you share your interview experience.

  • @AnilKumar-qe6er
    @AnilKumar-qe6er4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing good problems❤ worth watching

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @shyamu431
    @shyamu4314 ай бұрын

    Thanks Ankit, your questions and the way you solve it, is amazing. It's very good way to build the logical understanding by wathcing your videos. Coming to this particular video. If the name has more than 3 words i.e. Vijay Pratap Singh Rathore. The query will become more complex. Is there any other method to solve it. Once again, I appreciate your efforts in making these wonderful tutorials.

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes it will become complex. Also you need to decide what you want to keep in the middle name and last name. In postgres and redshift we have a split part function which can make the solution easy . I hope other databases introduce that function.

  • @electricalsir
    @electricalsir4 ай бұрын

    Love you 💓

  • @jhonsen9842
    @jhonsen98424 ай бұрын

    Could you please post more Data Engineering SQL Questions . I think these questions are more alligned to Data Analyst which is cool also. Looking some super hard questions on Join and CTE,Subqueries.

  • @rajatbhat2074
    @rajatbhat20744 ай бұрын

    Hi Ankit, Tried below solution in PostgreSQL, its working. Let me know your thoughts. with cte as ( select customer_name, length(customer_name)- length(replace(customer_name,' ','')) as no_of_spaces from customers ) select customer_name, case when no_of_spaces >=0 then split_part(customer_name, ' ', 1) end as first_name, case when no_of_spaces =1 then split_part(customer_name, ' ', no_of_spaces+1) end as last_name from cte;

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    It's good but the split part function is not available in most other databases

  • @GiriPrasath.D
    @GiriPrasath.D4 ай бұрын

    From this question, i learned, Char index, substring, left and right functions, you are SQL hero Ankit. and how to use the substring with len and charindex to extract the first , middle and last name.

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    Keep learning 😊

  • @arvindgurjar3300
    @arvindgurjar33004 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    You're most welcome

  • @SwathiRavichandran-xh8wq
    @SwathiRavichandran-xh8wqАй бұрын

    Hi Ankit ..your videos are good . Can you help how this can be achieved in oracle sql

  • @pradeeppatil7168
    @pradeeppatil71683 ай бұрын

    Hi Ankit, i guess i have made it more simple, just check it. select *, case when len(empname)-len(replace(empname,' ',''))=1 OR len(empname)-len(replace(empname,' ',''))=2 then substring(empname,1,charindex(' ',empname)) ELSE EmpName end as F_Name, case when len(empname)-len(replace(empname,' ',''))=2 then substring(empname,charindex(' ',empname)+1,CHARINDEX(' ',empname,CHARINDEX(' ',empname)+1)-charindex(' ',empname)) end as M_Name, case when len(empname)-len(replace(empname,' ',''))=1 OR len(empname)-len(replace(empname,' ',''))=2 then substring(empname,charindex(' ',empname,5)+1,len(empname)) end as L_Name from Employee

  • @ayushmi77al
    @ayushmi77al4 ай бұрын

    In postgresql it's very easy, we can use split_part function.

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    Right but thats not available in most of other databases.

  • @ayushmi77al

    @ayushmi77al

    4 ай бұрын

    So true, your SQL interview question series so very helpful, thank you so much for that 🙏

  • @anudipray4492

    @anudipray4492

    2 ай бұрын

    Oracle function much better

  • @ss-hm6ey
    @ss-hm6ey15 күн бұрын

    Hi Sir, i recently gave an interview at LTIMINDTREE and the very first question they asked was there are three tables and can we use left and right join on them. I didnt understand the question also clearly. Pls make a video on this and explain in detail. Thank you.

  • @yakkaluruvijaysankar787
    @yakkaluruvijaysankar7874 ай бұрын

    Your mic quality is not good. There is no clarity on what you are explaining. The information is very good and informative. Please do more videos like this.

  • @mangeshbhumkar2075
    @mangeshbhumkar20754 ай бұрын

    In bigquery possible with split function with safe_offset(0),safe_offset(1) and safe_offset(2)

  • @usharanikallubhavi7466
    @usharanikallubhavi74663 ай бұрын

    Hi Ankit. To extract middle_name, can we write SUBSTRING(customer_name, first_space_position+1, second_space_position-1)

  • @007SAMRATROY
    @007SAMRATROY4 ай бұрын

    So if there are N number of words in the name, we will have to derive N - 1 number of space positions right?

  • @monuoriginal7425
    @monuoriginal74254 ай бұрын

    brother electoral bond par ek baar join laga ke bataona problem aarahi hai meko i am beginer also ....because data duplicates.....

  • @rahulkanojiya6256
    @rahulkanojiya62562 ай бұрын

    another way to solve the same question without using string fuctions : with cte as( select customer_name, value ,row_number() over (partition by customer_name order by customer_name) as rnk ,count(value) over(partition by customer_name order by customer_name) as cnt from customers cross apply string_split(customer_name , ' ') ) ,cte2 as ( select customer_name ,case when rnk = 1 then value end as first_name ,case when rnk = 2 and cnt = 3 then value end as middle_name ,case when (rnk = 2 and cnt = 2) or (rnk = 3 or cnt = 3) then value end as last_name from cte ) select customer_name , max(first_name) as first_name , max(middle_name) as middle_name , max(last_name) as last_name from cte2 group by customer_name

  • @TanmayModi06
    @TanmayModi062 ай бұрын

    This Works fine: with cte as( select *, ROW_NUMBER() over(order by customer_name) as rn from customers ), cte1 as( select value, rn, ROW_NUMBER() over(partition by rn order by rn) as rk from cte cross apply string_split(customer_name, ' ') ), cte2 as( select *, case when rk = 1 then value end as firstname, case when rk 1 and rk (select Max(rk) from cte1 where rn = a.rn) then value end as middle_name, case when rk = (select Max(rk) from cte1 where rn = a.rn) and rk 1 then value end as lastname from cte1 a ) select STRING_AGG(firstname,'') as firstname, STRING_AGG(middle_name,'') as middle_name, STRING_AGG(lastname,'') as lastname from cte2 group by rn

  • @SiiitiiFreelancing-jl3ty
    @SiiitiiFreelancing-jl3ty3 ай бұрын

    in Postgres? with strpos or position? how is second space found?

  • @Riteshkumar-r5o
    @Riteshkumar-r5o6 күн бұрын

    Hi Ankit, Good day! Can you please provide the solution for this question in PostgreSQL, as Position function in Postgre takes only two arguments, that's creating trouble getting the position of second space in the customer_name field. If not possible can you please just suggest me which function to use here for getting second space position in postgresql. Anyone from the community can suggest please.

  • @user-cs8eb1ru8x
    @user-cs8eb1ru8x4 ай бұрын

    What is meant by SQL and t SQL is it necessary for data analytics job

  • @boogieman8827
    @boogieman88274 ай бұрын

    how much SQL and python is same in Data Engineering vs Data Analytics?

  • @DE_Pranav
    @DE_Pranav22 күн бұрын

    with cte as( select * from customers cross apply string_split(customer_name,' ') ) ,cte2 as( select *, ROW_NUMBER() over(partition by customer_name order by(select null)) as rn, count(*) over (partition by customer_name) as cnt from cte ) select customer_name, max(case when rn=1 then value end) as firstname, max(case when rn=2 and cnt=3 then value end) as middlename, max(case when (rn=2 and cnt=2) or rn=3 then value end) as lastname from cte2 group by customer_name

  • @adharshsunny5154
    @adharshsunny51544 ай бұрын

    Please do create AWS videos

  • @electricalsir

    @electricalsir

    4 ай бұрын

    Same

  • @boogieman8827
    @boogieman88274 ай бұрын

    Is Syllabus for Data engineer and Data Analyst the same? How much are the similarities?

  • @Tech_world-bq3mw

    @Tech_world-bq3mw

    4 ай бұрын

    its different

  • @boogieman8827

    @boogieman8827

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Tech_world-bq3mw how much SQL and python is same in Data Engineering vs Data Analytics?

  • @vinil9212
    @vinil9212Ай бұрын

    can middle name be extracted with LEFT or RIGHT?

  • @gauravkakhani7165
    @gauravkakhani71654 ай бұрын

    Using right function last name: Case when no_of_spaces= 0 then null when no_of_spaces= 1 then right(customer_name,len(customer_name) - firstspaceposition) else right(customer_name,len(customer_name)- second space position)end as lastname from cte;

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    Perfect 💪

  • @naveenvjdandhrudu5141
    @naveenvjdandhrudu51414 ай бұрын

    Bro just post some easy interview questions in sql

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    Ok next time

  • @user-ok8ou9ro2y
    @user-ok8ou9ro2y3 ай бұрын

    with CTE as ( select * from customers cross apply string_split(customer_name,' ') ), CTE2 as (select *,count(*) over(partition by customer_name) as words_count,row_number() over(partition by customer_name order by (select null)) as rn from CTE) select customer_name,max(case when words_count in (1,2,3) and rn=1 then value end) as first_name , max(case when words_count in (3) and rn=2 then value end) as middle_name , max(case when words_count in (2) and rn=2 or words_count in (3) and rn=3 then value end) as last_name from CTE2 group by customer_name

  • @apurvasaraf5828
    @apurvasaraf58284 ай бұрын

    with cte as (select *,LEN(customer_name)-len(REPLACE(customer_name,' ','')) as l ,CHARINDEX(' ',customer_name) as f, CHARINDEX(' ',customer_name,CHARINDEX(' ',customer_name)+1) as s from Customers) select *,case when l=0 then customer_name else substring(customer_name,1,f-1) end as firstn, case when l

  • @DEwithDhairy
    @DEwithDhairy2 ай бұрын

    PySpark Version of this problem : kzread.info/dash/bejne/jKZqt7qfpNHXf7g.html

  • @akashmukherjee9011
    @akashmukherjee90112 ай бұрын

    with cte as ( select customer_name, length(customer_name)-length(replace(customer_name,' ','')) as no_of_spaces from customers) select *, case when no_of_spaces = 0 then customer_name when no_of_spaces = 1 then substring_index(customer_name,' ',1) when no_of_spaces = 2 then substring_index(customer_name,' ',1) else null end as first_name, case when no_of_spaces = 2 then substring_index(substring_index(customer_name,' ',-2),' ',1) else null end as middle_name, case when no_of_spaces = 1 then substring_index(customer_name,' ',-1) when no_of_spaces = 2 then substring_index(customer_name,' ',-1) else null end as last_name from cte

  • @kedarwalavalkar6861
    @kedarwalavalkar68614 ай бұрын

    My solution : with cte as ( select *, substring_index(customer_name,' ',1) as a ,substring_index(substring_index(customer_name,' ',2),' ',-1) as b ,substring_index(customer_name,' ',-1) as c ,round((length(customer_name) - length(replace(customer_name,' ','')))/length(' '),0) as leng from custs ) select a as first_name ,case when leng = 2 then b else null end as middle_name ,case when leng = 1 then b when leng = 2 then c else null end as last_name from cte;

  • @paritoshjoshi5623
    @paritoshjoshi56234 ай бұрын

    with temp as( select customer_name, length(customer_name)-length(replace(customer_name,' ','')) ct from customers) select substring_index(customer_name,' ',1) as first_name ,if(ct=2,substring_index(substring_index(customer_name,' ',-2),' ',1) ,null) as middle_name ,if(ct=1 or ct=2,substring_index(customer_name,' ',-1),null) as last_name from temp;

  • @vikramjitsingh6769
    @vikramjitsingh67694 ай бұрын

    Those who are looking for MySQL version Solution - select *, substring_index(customer_name, ' ',1) as First , case when x >= 1 then substring_index(customer_name, ' ',-1) else null end as last , case when x >= 2 then substring_index(substring_index(customer_name, ' ',2),' ',-(x-1)) else null end as middle from (select *, length(customer_name) - length(replace(customer_name,' ','')) as x from customers)x

  • @jececdept.9548

    @jececdept.9548

    4 ай бұрын

    can use locate as well

  • @naveenvjdandhrudu5141
    @naveenvjdandhrudu51414 ай бұрын

    There is only medium & complex in your play list

  • @user-zf7mx6zj4v
    @user-zf7mx6zj4v4 ай бұрын

    Hello Sir in my sql it is showing error. I have used INSTR Function

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    Cool

  • @hsk7715
    @hsk77154 ай бұрын

    it's look difficult

  • @zainaltaf4935
    @zainaltaf49354 ай бұрын

    Just confused from where u find such questions 😅

  • @saipranay1318

    @saipranay1318

    4 ай бұрын

    I feel the same !! lol 😀

  • @prakritigupta3477
    @prakritigupta34773 ай бұрын

    This is the solution in PostgresSQL select split_part(customer_name,' ',1) as first_name, split_part(customer_name,' ',2) as middle_name, split_part(customer_name,' ',3) as last_name from customers;

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    3 ай бұрын

    If there is no middle name then your query will give last name as null and middle name will be last name.

  • @sahilummat8555
    @sahilummat8555Ай бұрын

    ;with cte as ( select *, LEN(customer_name)- len(REPLACE(customer_name,' ','')) as spaces, CHARINDEX(' ',customer_name) as space_position, CHARINDEX(' ',customer_name,CHARINDEX(' ',customer_name)+1) as space_position_2 from customers) select *, case when spaces=0 then customer_name when spaces!=0 then left(customer_name,space_position-1) end as first_name , case when spaces>1 then SUBSTRING(customer_name,space_position+1,space_position_2-space_position) end as middle_name , case when spaces=1 then right(customer_name,len(customer_name)-space_position) when spaces>1 then right(customer_name,len(customer_name)-space_position_2) end as last_name from cte

  • @chrishkumar1250
    @chrishkumar1250Ай бұрын

    MYSQL SELECT substring_index(customer_name," ",1) as first_name, if (length(customer_name) - length(replace(customer_name, ' ', '')) > 1 , substring_index(substring_index(customer_name," ",2), " ",-1), Null) as second_name, if (length(customer_name) - length(replace(customer_name, ' ', '')) >= 2 , substring_index(substring_index(customer_name," ",3), " ",-1), Null) as third_name from customers

  • @sarathmaya6083
    @sarathmaya60833 ай бұрын

    @ankitbansal6 please review RIGHT function for last name case when no_of_space=0 then null --when no_of_space=1 then SUBSTRING(customer_name,first_space_position+1,first_space_position) --when no_of_space=2 then SUBSTRING(customer_name,second_space_position+1,second_space_position) when no_of_space=1 then RIGHT(customer_name,first_space_position) when no_of_space=2 then RIGHT(customer_name,second_space_position-first_space_position-no_of_space) end as last_name

  • @priyanshushak7705
    @priyanshushak77052 ай бұрын

    *for mysql versions which does not have charindex and its equivalent or if there are multiple middle names* : use below approach with cte_spaces as ( select * , length(customer_name)- length(replace( customer_name, ' ','')) as no_of_spaces from customers ) select * , substring_index(customer_name, " ",1) as first_name, case when no_of_spaces > 1 then substring_index(substring_index(customer_name, " ", (-1 * no_of_spaces)), " ", no_of_spaces -1) end as middle_name, case when no_of_spaces > 0 then substring_index(customer_name, " ",-1) end as last_name from cte_spaces

  • @Hope-xb5jv
    @Hope-xb5jv4 ай бұрын

    Logic fail if two or three space between name

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    You can trim to single space first

  • @Tech_world-bq3mw
    @Tech_world-bq3mw4 ай бұрын

    You logic will fail if there is space in starting or in ending of string.

  • @ankitbansal6

    @ankitbansal6

    4 ай бұрын

    In that case you can just trim the customer name in first cte and then as it is it will work

  • @akashsonone2838
    @akashsonone28384 ай бұрын

    Hello Ankit , I've attempted another approach. Please inform me if it's functioning correctly in every corner case as well. WITH CTC AS( SELECT *, LEN(CUSTOMER_NAME) - LEN(REPLACE(CUSTOMER_NAME,' ','')) AS NO_OF_SPACES, LEFT(CUSTOMER_NAME, CHARINDEX(' ',CUSTOMER_NAME)) AS FIRST_NAME, RIGHT(CUSTOMER_NAME, CHARINDEX(' ',REVERSE(CUSTOMER_NAME))) AS LAST_NAME FROM CUSTOMERS ) SELECT CASE WHEN NO_OF_SPACES = 0 THEN CUSTOMER_NAME ELSE FIRST_NAME END AS FIRST_NAME, CASE WHEN NO_OF_SPACES = 2 THEN SUBSTRING(CUSTOMER_NAME,LEN(FIRST_NAME)+2, LEN(CUSTOMER_NAME)-LEN(FIRST_NAME)-LEN(LAST_NAME)) END AS MIDDLE_NAME, CASE WHEN LEN(LAST_NAME) = 0 THEN NULL ELSE LAST_NAME END AS LAST_NAME FROM CTC

  • @iramansari3625
    @iramansari36254 ай бұрын

    what if we have more then 2 space then @ankitbansal6 ?

  • @snehalpattewar7864
    @snehalpattewar78644 ай бұрын

    SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(name, ' ', 1) AS first_name, CASE WHEN LENGTH(name) - LENGTH(REPLACE(name, ' ', '')) > 1 THEN SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(name, ' ', -2), ' ', 1) ELSE NULL END AS middle_name, SUBSTRING_INDEX(name, ' ', -1) AS last_name FROM your_table_name;

  • @user-dw4zx2rn9v
    @user-dw4zx2rn9v3 ай бұрын

    MySQL Solution: with cte as ( select customer_name, (length(customer_name) - length(replace(customer_name, ' ', '')) + 1) as cnt_of_words from customers ) SELECT CASE WHEN cnt_of_words = 1 THEN customer_name -- Only one word, consider it as the first name WHEN cnt_of_words = 2 THEN SUBSTRING_INDEX(customer_name, ' ', 1) -- Two words, consider the first word as first name WHEN cnt_of_words = 3 THEN SUBSTRING_INDEX(customer_name, ' ', 1) -- Three words, consider the first word as first name END AS first_name, CASE WHEN cnt_of_words = 3 THEN SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(customer_name, ' ', 2), ' ', -1) -- Three words, consider the second word as middle name END AS middle_name, CASE WHEN cnt_of_words >= 2 THEN SUBSTRING_INDEX(customer_name, ' ', -1) -- At least two words, consider the last word as last name END AS last_name FROM cte;

  • @rubyshorts281
    @rubyshorts28117 сағат бұрын

    for mysql users WITH cte AS ( SELECT *, LENGTH(customer_name) - LENGTH(REPLACE(customer_name, ' ', '')) AS spaces FROM customers ) SELECT CASE WHEN spaces = 2 THEN SUBSTRING_INDEX( SUBSTRING_INDEX(customer_name, ' ', -spaces), ' ', spaces - 1 ) ELSE NULL END AS middle, CASE WHEN spaces >= 1 THEN SUBSTRING_INDEX(customer_name, ' ', -1) -- Last name ELSE NULL END AS last FROM cte;

  • @samiphani2473
    @samiphani24732 ай бұрын

    SELECT customer_name, CASE WHEN size(split(customer_name, ' ')) = 2 THEN split(customer_name, ' ')[0] ELSE split(customer_name, ' ')[0] END AS First_Name, CASE WHEN size(split(customer_name, ' ')) = 2 THEN NULL ELSE split(customer_name, ' ')[1] END AS Middle_Name, CASE WHEN size(split(customer_name, ' ')) = 2 THEN split(customer_name, ' ')[1] ELSE split(customer_name, ' ')[2] END AS Last_Name FROM customers;

  • @nipunshetty9640
    @nipunshetty96403 ай бұрын

    Hii Ankit bansal from my Side small request, As told by you in UR LINKEDIN PROFILE, Supply chain Analytics, Could you make one Video of SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYTICS BY TAKING PROCUREMENT SUPPLY CHAIN DATA SET AND Do DATA ANALYSIS so it will help me and even every audience please My Request Sir @ankitbansal6

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