SQLite lower() function

Description

SQLite lower() converts all the characters in a string to lowercase characters.

The lower(str) function returns a copy of string str with all ASCII characters converted to lower case. The default built-in lower() function works for ASCII characters only.

Syntax:

lower(str)

Argument:

Pictorial Presentation

Example: SQLite LOWER() function

The following SQLite statement returns the given string after converting all of its characters in lowercase.

SELECT LOWER('MY TEST STRING'); 

Here is the result.

Sample Output:

LOWER('MY TEST STRING')
-----------------------
my test string

Example of LOWER() function on column of a table

The following SQLite statement returns the value of the column email from employees table after converting it from upper to lower case.

Sample table: employees

SELECT email,lower(email) 
FROM employees
LIMIT 10;

Here is the result. Here we have displayed the result only 10 rows as a sample result.

Sample Output:

email       lower(email)
----------  ------------
SKING       sking
NKOCHHAR    nkochhar
LDEHAAN     ldehaan
AHUNOLD     ahunold
BERNST      bernst
DAUSTIN     daustin
VPATABAL    vpatabal
DLORENTZ    dlorentz
NGREENBE    ngreenbe
DFAVIET     dfaviet

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