Showing posts with label uppercase to titlecase. Show all posts
Showing posts with label uppercase to titlecase. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

In SQL Server convert data from UpperCase to TitleCase

--Create the following function in the sql server

CREATE function INITCAP (@inString varchar(4000) )
returns varchar(4000)
as
BEGIN
DECLARE @i int, @c char(1),@result varchar(255)
SET @result=LOWER(@inString)
SET @i=2
SET @result=STUFF(@result,1,1,UPPER(SUBSTRING(@inString,1,1)))
WHILE @i<=LEN(@inString)
BEGIN
SET @c=SUBSTRING(@inString,@i,1)
IF (@c=' ') OR (@c=';') OR (@c=':') OR (@c='!') OR (@c='?') OR (@c=',')OR (@c='.')OR (@c='_')
IF @i
BEGIN
SET @i=@i+1
SET @result=STUFF(@result,@i,1,UPPER(SUBSTRING(@inString,@i,1)))
END
SET @i=@i+1
END
RETURN @result
END

--And call it inside the stored procedure or in query as follows:
select top 10 dbo.INITCAP(city) from newleads

/* This function returns char, with the first letter of each word in uppercase, all other letters in lowercase. Words are delimited by white space or characters that are not alphanumeric */