DOWNSHIFT()

Converts a string to lowercase.

Syntax

DOWNSHIFT(
   source STRING )
  RETURNING result STRING
  1. source is the character string to convert to lowercase letters.

Usage

The DOWNSHIFT() function returns a string value in which all uppercase characters in its argument are converted to lowercase.

The character conversion depends on locale settings (the LC_CTYPE environment variable). Non-alphabetic or lowercase characters are not altered.