CASE WHEN LOWER(foo) = UPPER(foo) THEN 'No Alpha' ELSE 'Alpha' END #### CASE WHEN INSTR(TRANSLATE(foo, 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'), 'X')>0 THEN 'Alpha' ELSE 'No Alpha' END #### CASE WHEN LENGTH(TRANSLATE(foo, '#abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', '#'))<>LENGTH(foo) THEN 'Alpha' ELSE 'No Alpha' END