mySQL convert a character in a string to upper case

Question

I am relatively new to databases and need a little help with converting characters to uppercase, I can either change the whole string to uppercase or the first letter, however the problem arises when I need to convert a letter that is contained within a string. For example if the surname of an individual in Mcdonald, I need to change this to McDonald or if they have a jnr or snr after their name this needs to be changed to Jnr or Snr. Any guidance would be great.

Thanks

Answer 1

For your requirement, you can use the REPLACE() function. Something like,

UPDATE items SET lastname = REPLACE(lastname, 'MC', 'Mc\' ' );

For "MCDonalds" input, this will return "Mc' Donalds".

http://www.sqlfiddle.com/#!2/6c1da/2