UPPER Function

Syntax

Output_String as C = UPPER(C character)

Arguments

character: A character string.

Description

Converts a character string to uppercase.

Discussion

UPPER() converts all the text in a Input_String to uppercase.

Example

upper("ibm") -> "IBM"
upper(FIRSTNAME) ->"BEVERLY", if FIRSTNAME contains "Beverly"

To locate records in a table, you may often need to create search criteria that is not case sensitive. The following filter expression finds matching records, regardless of the case in which the data was entered:

upper(COMPANY) = "FRANKLIN'S TOWER BAKERY"