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MySQL - Capitalize first letter of each word, in existing table
Is there a MySQL String function equivalent to PHP ucwords() function.
The end goal is to use MySQL to uppercase the first letter of each word in a string.
Example.
-- The name field in the table holds "JOHN DOE"
SELECT LOWER(name)
FROM table
This will give me the result 'john doe'
I want the result to be 'John Doe'
This article shows you how to define a Proper Case in MySQL: Proper Case.
Included in case of link rot:
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS proper;
SET GLOBAL log_bin_trust_function_creators=TRUE;
DELIMITER |
CREATE FUNCTION proper( str VARCHAR(128) )
RETURNS VARCHAR(128)
BEGIN
DECLARE c CHAR(1);
DECLARE s VARCHAR(128);
DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 1;
DECLARE bool INT DEFAULT 1;
DECLARE punct CHAR(18) DEFAULT ' ()[]{},.-_\'!@;:?/'; -- David Rabby & Lenny Erickson added \'
SET s = LCASE( str );
WHILE i <= LENGTH( str ) DO -- Jesse Palmer corrected from < to <= for last char
BEGIN
SET c = SUBSTRING( s, i, 1 );
IF LOCATE( c, punct ) > 0 THEN
SET bool = 1;
ELSEIF bool=1 THEN
BEGIN
IF c >= 'a' AND c <= 'z' THEN
BEGIN
SET s = CONCAT(LEFT(s,i-1),UCASE(c),SUBSTRING(s,i+1));
SET bool = 0;
END;
ELSEIF c >= '0' AND c <= '9' THEN
SET bool = 0;
END IF;
END;
END IF;
SET i = i+1;
END;
END WHILE;
RETURN s;
END;
|
DELIMITER ;
select proper("d'arcy");
+------------------+
| proper("d'arcy") |
+------------------+
| D'Arcy |
+------------------+
