DELIMITER $$
CREATE OR REPLACE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` FUNCTION `util`.`capitalizeFirst`(vString VARCHAR(255))
	RETURNS varchar(255) CHARSET utf8mb3 COLLATE utf8mb3_general_ci
	DETERMINISTIC
	NO SQL
BEGIN
/**
 * Pass the first letter of every word in a string to uppercase.
 *
 * @param vString String to tranform
 * @return Transformed string
 */
	DECLARE vNewString VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT '';
	DECLARE vI INT DEFAULT 1;
	DECLARE vSpaceIni, vWordIni INT;
	DECLARE vLen INT DEFAULT CHAR_LENGTH(vString);

	WHILE vI < vLen
	DO
		SET vSpaceIni = vI;
		
		WHILE MID(vString, vI, 1) REGEXP '[[:space:]]' DO
			SET vI = vI + 1;
		END WHILE;
		
		SET vWordIni = vI;
		SET vI = vWordIni + 1;

		WHILE vI <= vLen AND MID(vString, vI, 1) NOT REGEXP '[[:space:]]' DO
			SET vI = vI + 1;
		END WHILE;

		SET vNewString = CONCAT(vNewString
			,MID(vString, vSpaceIni, vWordIni - vSpaceIni)
			,UPPER(MID(vString, vWordIni, 1))
			,MID(vString, vWordIni + 1, vI - vWordIni - 1)
		);
	END WHILE;

	RETURN vNewString;
END$$
DELIMITER ;