lower-transact-sql.md

title	LOWER (Transact-SQL)
description	LOWER (Transact-SQL)
author	markingmyname
ms.author	maghan
ms.date	03/13/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	ignite-2025
f1_keywords	LOWER LOWER_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords	characters [SQL Server], lowercase LOWER function uppercase characters [SQL Server] characters [SQL Server], uppercase lowercase characters converting uppercase to lowercase characters
dev_langs	TSQL
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LOWER (Transact-SQL)

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Returns a character expression after converting uppercase character data to lowercase.

:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

LOWER ( character_expression )  

Arguments

character_expression
Is an expression of character or binary data. character_expression can be a constant, variable, or column. character_expression must be of a data type that is implicitly convertible to varchar. Otherwise, use CAST to explicitly convert character_expression.

Return Types

varchar or nvarchar

Examples

The following example uses the LOWER function, the UPPER function, and nests the UPPER function inside the LOWER function in selecting product names that have prices between $11 and $20.

-- Uses AdventureWorks  
  
SELECT LOWER(SUBSTRING(EnglishProductName, 1, 20)) AS Lower,   
       UPPER(SUBSTRING(EnglishProductName, 1, 20)) AS Upper,   
       LOWER(UPPER(SUBSTRING(EnglishProductName, 1, 20))) As LowerUpper  
FROM dbo.DimProduct  
WHERE ListPrice between 11.00 and 20.00;  
  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Lower                 Upper                  LowerUpper  
--------------------  ---------------------  --------------------  
minipump              MINIPUMP               minipump  
taillights - battery  TAILLIGHTS - BATTERY   taillights - battery

See Also

Data Types (Transact-SQL)
String Functions (Transact-SQL)
UPPER (Transact-SQL)