Question

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?

Answer 1

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.