Beginning SQL

LastName UPPER(LastName) LOWER(LastName)
Hawthorn HAWTHORN hawthorn
Gee GEE gee
Doors DOORS doors
Dales DALES dales
Botts BOTTS botts
Now that you know how to change a string’s case, the next section looks at how to turn a string backward.
The REVERSE() Function
The REVERSE() function reverses the order of the characters in a string. For example, ABC becomes
CBA. It takes just one argument, the string to be reversed. MS Access calls its REVERSE() function the
StrReverse() function, and it works the same. IBM DB2 doesn’t support the REVERSE() function.
The following SQL returns LastName and LastName reversed:
SELECT LastName, Reverse(LastName)
FROM MemberDetails;
The results of the query appear in the following table:
LastName REVERSE(LastName)
Smith htimS
Simons snomiS
Night thgiN
Jones senoJ
Jones senoJ
Johnson nosnhoJ
Jackson noskcaJ
Hills slliH
Hawthorn nrohtwaH
Gee eeG
Doors srooD
Dales selaD
Botts sttoB
Manipulating Data
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