#### Correcting uppercase/lowercase inconsistency

Record selection formulas are case sensitive. That is, "Bob" matches only with "Bob". It does not match with "bob", "BOB", "BoB", "bOB", "boB", or "BOb". Thus, if your selection formula is set to include only those records with "BOB" in the {customer.CONTACT FIRST NAME} field, but all the entries in the {customer.CONTACT FIRST NAME} field are mixed case ("Bob", for example), the selection formula will find no matches and thus will not print any details for the report.

You can solve this problem by using the UpperCase (str) or LowerCase (str) functions in your selection formula to convert field data to a consistent case before the program begins its selection. For example, if you were using this formula:

`{customer.CONTACT FIRST NAME} = "BOB"`

you can change the formula to this:

`UpperCase({customer.CONTACT FIRST NAME}) = "BOB"`

This second formula first converts the value of the {customer.CONTACT FIRST NAME} field to upper case characters and then checks to see if the value in that field is equal to "BOB". Using this formula, any instance of the three letters "b," "o," and "b" will be a match, regardless of case, because the case will be converted to uppercase.

You could use the LowerCase function in a similar manner to match
with "bob."

Check your selection formula closely and make sure you have the correct case for any text you are trying to match. If in doubt, use the UpperCase (or LowerCase) function to assure consistency and proper matching.

Another formula which performs much the same functions is the following:

`"BOB" in UpperCase({customer.CONTACT FIRST NAME})`

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