S&M NuTec, the company that produces Greenies, furnished us a copy of the complete statement they sent to KIRO-TV, which touches on some of the cases discussed: Our Commitment to Healthy Pets Our company was founded and is staffed by people who are deeply passionate about pets and their welfare.
String Functions. Perform operations on a string (char or varchar) input value and return a string or numeric value. System Functions. Perform operations and return information about values, objects, and settings in an instance of SQL Server.
Specifically, the query applies the UPPER function to the LAST_NAME column of the EMPLOYEE table for certain employees. The UPPER function is said to be nested inside the INITCAP function. The Oracle Database server applies nested functions in order, from innermost function to outermost function.