UPPER function [String]

Function

Converts all characters in a string to uppercase.

Syntax

UPPERstring-expression )

Parameters

string-expression The string to be converted to uppercase.

See “REPLACE function [String]” for more information.

Example

The following statement returns the value “CHOCOLATE”:

SELECT UPPER( 'ChocoLate' ) FROM iq_dummy

Usage

The result data type of an UPPER function is a LONG VARCHAR. If you use UPPER in a SELECT INTO statement, you must have an Unstructured Data Analytics Option license or use CAST and set UPPER to the correct data type and size.

Standards and compatibility

See also

“LCASE function [String]”

“LOWER function [String]”

“UCASE function [String]”