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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: InitCap Software or script?
Here's one way:
SQL> DEF val = "Donald"
SQL>
SQL> SELECT
2 CASE WHEN LOWER(SUBSTR('&&val', 1, 2)) = 'mc' THEN 'Mc' ||
INITCAP(SUBSTR('&&val', 3))
3 WHEN LOWER(SUBSTR('&&val', 1, 3)) = 'mac' THEN 'Mac' ||
INITCAP(SUBSTR('&&val', 4))
4 ELSE INITCAP('&&val' ) END
5 FROM dual
CASEWH
SQL> DEF val = "McDonald"
SQL> /
CASEWHEN
SQL> DEF val = "MacDonald"
SQL> /
CASEWHENL
> Cheers,
>
> John Thomas
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 10 April 2002 15:38
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
I have a fellow DBA that has to do some data cleansing. He is looking for some software that can properly init cap a last name, like McDonald. Obviously, Oracle has an initcap function...
SQL> select initcap('GRABOWY') from dual;
INITCAP
Elapsed: 00:00:00.50
SQL> select initcap('MCDONALD') from dual;
INITCAP(
Elapsed: 00:00:00.10
SQL>
But it does not recognize "special" names like McDonald, so I was wondering
if someone else has encountered this, and what their solution was??
TIA!!!
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