Oracle - PL/SQL - INITCAP Function

In Oracle/PLSQL, the initcap function sets the first character in each word to uppercase and the rest to lowercase.

The syntax for the initcap function is:

initcap( string1 )

string1 is the string argument whose first character in each word will be converted to uppercase and all remaining characters converted to lowercase.

Applies To:

  • Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g

For example:

initcap('24X7 information for you');

would return '24X7 Information For You'

initcap('ORACLE TECHNOLOGY');

would return 'Oracle Technology'