• CASE_PRESERVE Function
• CASE_RESTORE Function
• F_UPPER Function
• LOWER Function
• LT Function
• NF_LOWER Function
• NW_LOWER Function
• UPPER Function
• UT Function
• W_UPPER Function
• WUT Function

LOWER Function

Syntax

Arguments

character

A character string.

Description

Converts a character string to lowercase.

Discussion

LOWER() converts the specified character string to lowercase.

Example

lower(FIRSTNAME) -> "beverly", if FIRSTNAME contains "BEVERLY"

You often need to perform case insensitive searches of your table. Assume that you want to search the COMPANY field for all the records that have the string "computer" anywhere in the field. Records like "Computers Without Fear," "THE COMPUTER STORE," "The COMPUTERshop," and so on should be found. The following filter expression would work:

"computer" $ lower(COMPANY)

The LOWER() function converts all the data in COMPANY to lowercase, and the $ operator looks for any occurrence of the lowercase string "computer" anywhere within COMPANY.

See Also

• Character Case Functions