RE: ASCII ProperCase Function

ChrisM@Work

SSC Guru

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December 11, 2017 at 9:57 am

#1971596

Here's an alternative which is worth testing:

DECLARE @String VARCHAR(2000) = 'the quick brown fox'

SELECT

REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(

' ' + @String COLLATE LATIN1_GENERAL_BIN ,' z',' Z'),' y',' Y'),' x',' X'),' w',' W'),' v',' V'),' u',' U'),

' t',' T'),' s',' S'),' r',' R'),' q',' Q'),' p',' P'),' o',' O'),' n',' N'),' m',' M'),' l',' L'),' k',' K'),

' j',' J'),' i',' I'),' h',' H'),' g',' G'),' f',' F'),' e',' E'),' d',' D'),' c',' C'),' b',' B'),' a',' a')

https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/512459/replace-function-extremely-slow-with-non-binary-windows-collation

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