NLS_LOWER
NLS_LOWER(string[, 'NLS_SORT=sort'])

Performs like LOWER, but uses the national character set.

Parameters

sting

Specifies the input character string.

sort

Specifies the name of the linguistic sort sequence specifying capitalization rules for the language being used.

Example

SQL> SELECT NLS_LOWER('MONEY','NLS_SORT=XFRENCH')
  2  FROM dual;

NLS_L
-----
money

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