diff --git a/model/fieldtypes/DBField.php b/model/fieldtypes/DBField.php
index db8e821bd..71866782e 100644
--- a/model/fieldtypes/DBField.php
+++ b/model/fieldtypes/DBField.php
@@ -192,12 +192,15 @@ abstract class DBField extends ViewableData {
 	function HTMLATT() {
 		return Convert::raw2htmlatt($this->value);
 	}
+		
 	function URLATT() {
 		return urlencode($this->value);
 	}
+
 	function RAWURLATT() {
 		return rawurlencode($this->value);
 	}
+
 	function ATT() {
 		return Convert::raw2att($this->value);
 	}
@@ -218,23 +221,6 @@ abstract class DBField extends ViewableData {
 		return Convert::raw2xml($this->value);
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Converts the current value for this Enum DBField to lowercase.
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function LowerCase() {
-		return Convert::raw2xml(strtolower($this->value));
-	}
-		
-	/**
-	 * Converts the current value for this Enum DBField to uppercase.
-	 * @return string 
-	 */ 
-	function UpperCase() {
-		return Convert::raw2xml(strtoupper($this->value));
-	}
-	    
-	
 	/**
 	 * Returns the value to be set in the database to blank this field.
 	 * Usually it's a choice between null, 0, and ''
diff --git a/model/fieldtypes/StringField.php b/model/fieldtypes/StringField.php
index de994c2af..0f843ef09 100644
--- a/model/fieldtypes/StringField.php
+++ b/model/fieldtypes/StringField.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ abstract class StringField extends DBField {
 		"LimitCharacters" => "Text",
 		"Lower" => "Text",
 		"Upper" => "Text",
+		"LowerCase" => "Text",
+		"UpperCase" => "Text",
 	);
 
 	/**
@@ -102,19 +104,39 @@ abstract class StringField extends DBField {
 		}
 		return $value;
 	}
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the current value for this Enum DBField to lowercase.
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	function LowerCase() {
+		return mb_strtolower($this->value);
+	}
+		
 	/**
 	 * Return another DBField object with this value in lowercase.
+	 * @deprecated 3.0 Use LowerCase() instead.
 	 */
 	function Lower() {
-		return DBField::create(get_class($this), mb_strtolower($this->value), $this->name);
+		Deprecation::notice('3.0', 'Use LowerCase() instead.');
+		return $this->LowerCase();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the current value for this Enum DBField to uppercase.
+	 * @return string 
+	 */ 
+	function UpperCase() {
+		return mb_strtoupper($this->value);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Return another DBField object with this value in uppercase.
+	 * @deprecated 3.0 Use UpperCase() instead.
 	 */
 	function Upper() {
-		return DBField::create(get_class($this), mb_strtoupper($this->value), $this->name);
+		Deprecation::notice('3.0', 'Use UpperCase() instead.');
+		return $this->UpperCase();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/model/DBFieldTest.php b/tests/model/DBFieldTest.php
index cb37fa417..4d38bde1d 100644
--- a/tests/model/DBFieldTest.php
+++ b/tests/model/DBFieldTest.php
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ class DBFieldTest extends SapphireTest {
 			$this->assertEquals('üåäö&ÜÅÄ...', $stringField->LimitCharacters(8));
 		}
 		
-		$this->assertEquals('ÅÄÖ', DBField::create('Text', 'åäö')->Upper()->getValue());
-		$this->assertEquals('åäö', DBField::create('Text', 'ÅÄÖ')->Lower()->getValue());
+		$this->assertEquals('ÅÄÖ', DBField::create('Text', 'åäö')->UpperCase());
+		$this->assertEquals('åäö', DBField::create('Text', 'ÅÄÖ')->LowerCase());
 	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/tests/model/StringFieldTest.php b/tests/model/StringFieldTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bfd9b8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/model/StringFieldTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @package sapphire
+ * @subpackage tests
+ */
+
+class StringFieldTest extends SapphireTest {
+	
+	/**
+	 * @covers StringField->LowerCase()
+	 */
+	function testLowerCase() {
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'this is a test!',
+			DBField::create('StringFieldTest_MyStringField', 'This is a TEST!')->LowerCase()
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @covers StringField->UpperCase()
+	 */
+	function testUpperCase() {
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'THIS IS A TEST!',
+			DBField::create('StringFieldTest_MyStringField', 'This is a TEST!')->UpperCase()
+		);
+	}
+
+}
+
+class StringFieldTest_MyStringField extends StringField implements TestOnly {
+	function requireField() {}
+}
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