this is for php, if you are not using php then try something similar
//use explode to create an array with one word in each item
$sql_array = explode(" ", $sql_text)
//loop thro the array
while(list($val) = each($sql_array))
{
$val = ucfirst ($val);
$new_sql_text .= $val ;
}
hth
Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Bishop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 26 April 2002 05:10
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Uppercase first letter of each word
>
>
> I have no problem with figuring out how to punctuate a field that
> contains a
> single word, but how would I code a SQL query to proper-case each
> word in a
> field when the field contains, for instance, a title? I want to convert,
> "HOW NOW BROWN COW" to, "How Now Brown Cow"
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
>
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