Beyondrelational

Monday, August 1, 2011


Dynamically change the proper case


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);


   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






select dbo.ProperCase('this,my friends, is a test.wHat DO you think?i like shaquile o''neal')

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