Split value from one field to two with Mysql

select-option.md

SELECT IF(
        LOCATE(' ', `membername`) > 0,
        SUBSTRING(`membername`, 1, LOCATE(' ', `membername`) - 1),
        `membername`
    ) AS memberfirst,
    IF(
        LOCATE(' ', `membername`) > 0,
        SUBSTRING(`membername`, LOCATE(' ', `membername`) + 1),
        NULL
    ) AS memberlast
FROM `user`;

Update:

UPDATE `user` SET
    `memberfirst` = IF(
        LOCATE(' ', `membername`) > 0,
        SUBSTRING(`membername`, 1, LOCATE(' ', `membername`) - 1),
        `membername`
    ),
    `memberlast` = IF(
        LOCATE(' ', `membername`) > 0,
        SUBSTRING(`membername`, LOCATE(' ', `membername`) + 1),
        NULL
    );

select-query.md

Unfortunately MySQL does not feature a split string function. However you can create a user defined function for this, such as the one described in the following article:

MySQL Split String Function by Federico Cargnelutti With that function:

DELIMITER $$

CREATE FUNCTION SPLIT_STR(
  x VARCHAR(255),
  delim VARCHAR(12),
  pos INT
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(255) DETERMINISTIC
BEGIN 
    RETURN REPLACE(SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos),
       LENGTH(SUBSTRING_INDEX(x, delim, pos -1)) + 1),
       delim, '');
END$$

DELIMITER ;

you would be able to build your query as follows:

SELECT SPLIT_STR(membername, ' ', 1) as memberfirst,
       SPLIT_STR(membername, ' ', 2) as memberlast
FROM   users;

If you prefer not to use a user defined function and you do not mind the query to be a bit more verbose, you can also do the following:

SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(membername, ' ', 1), ' ', -1) as memberfirst,
       SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(membername, ' ', 2), ' ', -1) as memberlast
FROM   users;