This Oracle tutorial explains how to use the Oracle/PLSQL LOWER function.
The Oracle/PLSQL LOWER function converts all letters in the specified string to lowercase.
For non-characters in the string, they are unaffected by this function.
LOWER converts every letter of a string to lowercase.
The general format for this function is:
LOWER(string)The syntax for the Oracle/PLSQL LOWER function is:
LOWER( string1 )
string1 is the string to convert to lowercase.
SQL> SELECT LOWER('LOWERCASE') FROM dual;
LOWER('LO
---------
lowercase
SQL>
The following query gets the employee's name in lower case:
CREATE TABLE EMP (EMPNO NUMBER(4) NOT NULL,
ENAME VARCHAR2(10),
JOB VARCHAR2(9),
SAL NUMBER(7, 2),
DEPTNO NUMBER(2));
-- ww w . ja v a2 s . c o m
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (1, 'SMITH', 'CLERK', 800, 20);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (2, 'ALLEN', 'SALESMAN', 1600, 30);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (3, 'WARD', 'SALESMAN', 1250, 30);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (4, 'JONES', 'MANAGER', 2975, 20);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (5, 'MARTIN','SALESMAN', 1250, 30);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (6, 'BLAKE', 'MANAGER', 2850, 30);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7, 'CLARK', 'MANAGER', 2850, 10);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (8, 'SCOTT', 'ANALYST', 3000, 20);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (9, 'KING', 'PRESIDENT',3000, 10);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (10,'TURNER','SALESMAN', 1500, 30);
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (11,'ADAMS', 'CLERK', 1500, 20);
SQL> select ename, lower(ename) from emp;
ENAME LOWER(ENAM
---------- ----------
SMITH smith
ALLEN allen
WARD ward
JONES jones
MARTIN martin
BLAKE blake
CLARK clark
SCOTT scott
KING king
TURNER turner
ADAMS adams
11 rows selected.
SQL>