I have a table that was imported as all UPPER CASE and I would like to turn it into Proper Case. What script have any of you used to complete this?
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Answer
Here’s a UDF that will do the trick…
create function ProperCase(@Text as varchar(8000)) returns varchar(8000) as begin declare @Reset bit; declare @Ret varchar(8000); declare @i int; declare @c char(1); if @Text is null return null; select @Reset = 1, @i = 1, @Ret = ''; while (@i <= len(@Text)) select @c = substring(@Text, @i, 1), @Ret = @Ret + case when @Reset = 1 then UPPER(@c) else LOWER(@c) end, @Reset = case when @c like '[a-zA-Z]' then 0 else 1 end, @i = @i + 1 return @Ret end
You will still have to use it to update your data though.