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Proper Case in Sql Server

By Vivek on March 11th, 2009

Here is the Sql function that will Proper Case any column in a table

set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
create function [dbo].[ProperCase](@Text as varchar(8000))
returns varchar(8000)
as
begin
declare @Reset bit;
declare @Ret varchar(8000);
declare @i int;
declare @c char(1);
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]‘ or @c in (””) then 0 else 1 end,
@i = @i +1
return @Ret
end

–Example

declare @name varchar(100)
set @name =’marcus ford’
set @name = dbo.propercase(@name)
print @name

Result — Marcus Ford

3 Responses to “Proper Case in Sql Server”

1. Bruce Willis says:

   March 29, 2009 at 1:16 pm

   You Spelt My Name Wrong.
   But Don’t Worry, The Function Is Very Handy.

   ~mf

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   • Vivekanand says:

     March 31, 2009 at 12:32 pm

     Ya .. I put your name there

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2. AndrewBoldman says:

   June 5, 2009 at 3:10 am

   Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!

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