Multiple Trims

Multiple Trims

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Multiple Trims

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03-01-2008, 02:49 PM

Shannon Appelcline

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Multiple Trims

Given a database with names like "Joe Bob" and "Fred Allen Jr.", the
following correctly sorts them:

ORDER BY SUBSTRING_INDEX(TRIM(TRAILING ' Jr.' FROM $table.$key),'
',-1)

However, I can't come up with a proper way to trim multiple possible
suffixes (e.g., Jr., Sr., II, or III). I can't seem to use |s and
nesting the trims didn't seem to work either.

Ideas?

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