[AccessD] (OT) Propercase update for last names

John B. john at winhaven.net
Tue Oct 14 21:23:23 CDT 2003


Oleg,
Von is not always capitilized. I don't know of any rule but quite often it
is all lowercase. For my ProperCase function I use a lookup table for
exceptions and have a edit form for the totally unusual situations.

HTH
John B.
WinHaven LLC
:o)

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> Subject: [AccessD] (OT) Propercase update for last names
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> Hey Group,
> I run a propercase update for last names excluding following formats
> McDonald, MacDonald (second or third letter after Mc or Mac respectively)
> O'Hara, (first letter after apostrophe if first letter in word is "O")
>
>  (I am not sure whats the case with d' like D'Umberville)
> I think Von is always capital, la is always lowercase, and "de" varies. Am
> I missing anything ?
>
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