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MySQL: Title Case
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Routine DDL
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DELIMITER $$
CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `lowerword`( str VARCHAR(128), word VARCHAR(5) ) RETURNS varchar(128) CHARSET utf8
BEGIN
DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 1;
DECLARE loc INT;
SET loc = LOCATE(CONCAT(word,' '), str, 2);
IF loc > 1 THEN
WHILE i <= LENGTH (str) AND loc <> 0 DO
SET str = INSERT(str,loc,LENGTH(word),LCASE(word));
SET i = loc+LENGTH(word);
SET loc = LOCATE(CONCAT(word,' '), str, i);
END WHILE;
END IF;
RETURN str;
END
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Routine DDL
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DELIMITER $$
CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `tcase`( str VARCHAR(128) ) RETURNS varchar(128) CHARSET utf8
BEGIN
DECLARE c CHAR(1);
DECLARE s VARCHAR(128);
DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 1;
DECLARE bool INT DEFAULT 1;
DECLARE punct CHAR(17) DEFAULT ' ()[]{},.-_!@;:?/';
SET s = LCASE( str );
WHILE i <= LENGTH( str ) DO
BEGIN
SET c = SUBSTRING( s, i, 1 );
IF LOCATE( c, punct ) > 0 THEN
SET bool = 1;
ELSEIF bool=1 THEN
BEGIN
IF c >= 'a' AND c <= 'z' THEN
BEGIN
SET s = CONCAT(LEFT(s,i-1),UCASE(c),SUBSTRING(s,i+1));
SET bool = 0;
END;
ELSEIF c >= '0' AND c <= '9' THEN
SET bool = 0;
END IF;
END;
END IF;
SET i = i+1;
END;
END WHILE;
SET s = lowerword(s, 'A');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'An');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'And');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'As');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'At');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'But');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'By');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'For');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'If');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'In');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'Of');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'On');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'Or');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'The');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'To');
SET s = lowerword(s, 'Via');
RETURN s;
END
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