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===== Description ===== | ===== Description ===== | ||
Converts a string to all lower case characters. | Converts a string to all lower case characters. | ||
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+ | This function returns the same datatype as the passed parameter. | ||
===== Syntax ===== | ===== Syntax ===== | ||
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LOWER( character_expression ) | LOWER( character_expression ) | ||
- | ===== Example ===== | ||
- | ==== Example 1 ==== | ||
- | <code> | ||
- | select | ||
- | LOWER (contact) as low | ||
- | from customers where state = 'co' | ||
- | low | + | == character_expression == |
- | ------------------------- | + | |
- | john doe | + | Required. Any expression that returns a character-class datatype. Examples of expressions are columns, concatenations of columns, literal strings and functions that return a character datatype. |
- | jane johnson | + | |
- | jim smith | + | |
+ | ===== Examples ===== | ||
+ | ==== Example: Column ==== | ||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | > select lower(name) nme from individuals; | ||
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+ | NME | ||
+ | -------------------------------------------------- | ||
+ | ms. mary lewis | ||
+ | mrs. alice r tolliver | ||
+ | mr. sidney k tolliver | ||
+ | mrs. jennifer j hopkins | ||
+ | mr. charlie hopkins | ||
+ | ms. kimberly blue | ||
+ | kathleen tucker | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
+ | ====== Additional Resources ====== | ||
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+ | See also: | ||
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