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LOWER

Converts uppercase string characters to lowercase.

Syntax

LOWER( string )
The following table describes the argument for this command:
Argument
Required/
Optional
Description
string
Required
Any string value. The argument passes the string values that you want to return as lowercase. You can enter any valid transformation expression that evaluates to a string.

Return Value

Lowercase character string. If the data contains multibyte characters, the return value depends on the code page and data movement mode of the Integration Service.
NULL if a value in the selected port is NULL.

Example

The following expression returns all first names to lowercase:
LOWER( FIRST_NAME )
FIRST_NAME
RETURN VALUE
antonia
antonia
NULL
NULL
THOMAS
thomas
PierRe
pierre
BERNICE
bernice