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Oracle SQL Uppercase First Letter

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In Oracle, you can use the initcap() function to get the first letter in uppercase in SQL.

INITCAP() Syntax

initcap(string)

Change the first letter in uppercase using initcap() Examples

Capitalizing the first letter using the SQL query:

select initcap('oracle') from dual;

Output:

Oracle

Capitalizing the first letter of a string using PL/SQL program:

declare
   v_string varchar2(100) := 'oracle';
begin
   dbms_output.put_line(initcap(v_string));
end;

Output:

Oracle

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