We can use LCASE() and LOWER() functions for changing the character case of a string to lower case and UCASE() and UPPER() functions for changing the character case of a string to upper case.
Example
mysql> Select LCASE('NEW DELHI'); +--------------------+ | LCASE('NEW DELHI') | +--------------------+ | new delhi | +--------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Select LOWER('NEW DELHI'); +--------------------+ | LOWER('NEW DELHI') | +--------------------+ | new delhi | +--------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Select UCASE('new delhi'); +--------------------+ | UCASE('new delhi') | +--------------------+ | NEW DELHI | +--------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Select UPPER('new delhi'); +--------------------+ | UPPER('new delhi') | +--------------------+ | NEW DELHI | +--------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
We can also use these functions with the columns of a table. For example, suppose we want to change the character case of the values in a column in the output then following query on table ‘Student’ can demonstrate it −
mysql> Select Name, UCASE(Name) from student; +---------+-------------+ | Name | UCASE(Name) | +---------+-------------+ | Gaurav | GAURAV | | Aarav | AARAV | | Harshit | HARSHIT | | Gaurav | GAURAV | | Yashraj | YASHRAJ | +---------+-------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Select Name, LCASE(Name) from student; +---------+-------------+ | Name | LCASE(Name) | +---------+-------------+ | Gaurav | gaurav | | Aarav | aarav | | Harshit | harshit | | Gaurav | gaurav | | Yashraj | yashraj | +---------+-------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Select Name, UPPER(Name) from student; +---------+-------------+ | Name | UPPER(Name) | +---------+-------------+ | Gaurav | GAURAV | | Aarav | AARAV | | Harshit | HARSHIT | | Gaurav | GAURAV | | Yashraj | YASHRAJ | +---------+-------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Select Name, LOWER(Name) from student; +---------+-------------+ | Name | LOWER(Name) | +---------+-------------+ | Gaurav | gaurav | | Aarav | aarav | | Harshit | harshit | | Gaurav | gaurav | | Yashraj | yashraj | +---------+-------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)