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Notes • char_expression, from_set, and to_set can be any character expression.
UCASE
Syntax
SELECT TRANSLATE (customer_name, ' ', '_')
"TRANSLATE Example" from customers;
TRANSLATE EXAMPLE
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Sports_Cars_Inc.__________________________________
Mighty_Bulldozer_Inc._____________________________
Ship_Shapers_Inc._________________________________
Tower_Construction_Inc.___________________________
Chemical_Construction_Inc.________________________
Aerospace_Enterprises_Inc.________________________
Medical_Enterprises_Inc.__________________________
Rail_Builders_Inc.________________________________
Luxury_Cars_Inc.__________________________________
Office_Furniture_Inc._____________________________
10 records selected
• For each character in char_expression, TRANSLATE checks for the same character in
from_set.
UCASE
• If it is in from_set, TRANSLATE translates it to the corresponding character in to_set (if
the character is the nth character in from_set, the nth character in to_set).
• If the character is not in from_set TRANSLATE does not change it.
• If from_set is longer than to_set, TRANSLATE does not change trailing characters in
from_set that do not have a corresponding character in to_set.
• If either from_set or to_set is NULL, TRANSLATE does nothing.
Compatibility
Progress extension
Returns the result of the argument character expression after converting all the characters to
uppercase. UCASE is identical to UPPER, but provides ODBC-compatible syntax.
UCASE ( char_expression )
Example This example illustrates the UCASE function, returning columns from rows in the customer table
where the last_name column, after being converted to uppercase, is equal to ‘SMITH’:
SELECT *
FROM customer
WHERE UCASE (last_name) = 'SMITH' ;
Notes • The argument to the function must be of type CHARACTER.
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