Do you expect us to understand what the result of the "extract" might be?
From your posting, I would suggest you open the table, find the name,
double-click it, and press Ctrl+X.

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Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP
>I need help...I have a column in my query with five different names
>separate
> with commas(,)...how can I extract one of those specific names? I thank
> you
> in advanced for the help.