>James,
>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>I have been totally swamped the last two weeks and have come up with a need that is forcing me out from under my rock... <g>
>>>
>>>Do any of you know of any really good name parsing routines 'out there' that are free or could be incorporated into another product without too much fuss?
>>>
>>>Perhaps I will need to write one myself but I'm trying to sabe a little time.
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Best,
>>>
>>>DD
>>
>>Doug,
>>
>>I have one that I modified using the ideas from the FPA example. I'd be happy to email it to you if you want. (You bible-thumping maniac, you!)
>
>I'd be delighted..
>
>As long as you know that some of your work might well make it into a commercial product and you don't have any gas over that. If it does I'll make sure to put you on our attributions page though or just do nothing with your code if you so desire (your call). I want to be squeaky clean about this, just to make sure.. < s >
>
>We give our product away and make $$ on the transaction fees (more on this later). We currently have around 2500-3000 people using the product in its current incarnation. These changes will go into our Transaction Server.
>
>You can send it to either ddodge@utah-inter.net or ddodge@homepipeline.com (ugly site but under construction)
>
>Thanks!!
>
>Best,
>
>DD (thump thump thump.. *chuckle*)

I've already sent it to you. It's based on something F1 Technologies came out with in FPA, so I have no qualms about it. You may want to give them credit. There is another untility I sent you for the hell of it. It's a pattern mathcing class that does oneup on SOUNDEX() function. The two classes really go hand-in-hand. I would like credit for that one.