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DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS proper; SET GLOBAL log_bin_trust_function_creators=TRUE; DELIMITER | CREATE FUNCTION proper( str VARCHAR(128) ) RETURNS VARCHAR(128) BEGIN DECLARE c CHAR(1); DECLARE s VARCHAR(128); DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 1; DECLARE bool INT DEFAULT 1; DECLARE punct CHAR(17) DEFAULT ' ()[]{},.-_!@;:?/'; SET s = LCASE( str ); WHILE i < LENGTH( str ) DO BEGIN SET c = SUBSTRING( s, i, 1 ); IF LOCATE( c, punct ) > 0 THEN SET bool = 1; ELSEIF bool=1 THEN BEGIN IF c >= 'a' AND c <= 'z' THEN BEGIN SET s = CONCAT(LEFT(s,i-1),UCASE(c),SUBSTRING(s,i+1)); SET bool = 0; END; ELSEIF c >= '0' AND c <= '9' THEN SET bool = 0; END IF; END; END IF; SET i = i+1; END; END WHILE; RETURN s; END; | DELIMITER ;
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For the record, this function fails when the last character stands alone, e.g., Public John q
There's an easy workaround, if you don't need padding: trim(proper(concat(myfield, ' ')))