Re: How to insert Special Characters ?

From: John Thomas <john_at_toronto.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 01:48:20 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004A7080.20020731014820@fatcity.com>

Prakash,

Two methods:

SQL> alter table test modify (c1 varchar2(100));

Table altered.

SQL> insert into test values ('where part_no=''1234'' and name = ''guest''');

1 row created.

SQL> select * from test;

C1

---

---

where part_no='1234' and name = 'guest'

SQL> set define off
SQL> show def
define OFF
SQL> insert into test values ('bla&bla');

1 row created.

SQL> select * from test;

C1

---

---

where part_no='1234' and name = 'guest'                                                                                             
bla&bla                                                                                                                             

SQL> insert into test values ('the cat sat on the "mat"');

1 row created.

SQL> select * from test;

C1

---

---

where part_no='1234' and name = 'guest'                                                                                             
bla&bla                                                                                                                             
the cat sat on the "mat"                                                                                                            

ALTERNATIVE METHOD (Not guaranteed to work cross-platform):

SQL> select ascii('&'), ascii('"') from sys.dual SQL> /

ASCII('&') ASCII('"')                                                                                                               
---------- ----------                                                                                                               
        38         34                                                                                                               

SQL> insert into test values ('bla' || CHR(38) || 'bla' || CHR(34) || 'bla');

1 row created.

SQL> select * from test;

C1

---

---

where part_no='1234' and name = 'guest'                                                                                             
bla&bla                                                                                                                             
the cat sat on the "mat"                                                                                                            
bla&bla"bla                                                                                                                         

SQL> spool off

Cheers,

John Thomas
Contract Oracle Development DBA (currently available for development, development support, performance tuning and other work.)

In article <F001.004A6DD2.20020730205823_at_fatcity.com>, guess who <yours_in_at_rediffmail.com> writes
>I want to insert the following characters ,
>
>1.) '
>
>2.) "
>
>3.) &
>
>for example i want to insert the following line as it looks...
>
> where part_no='1234' and name='guest'
>
>how to do ?
>
>can anyone help ...
>
>Regards,
>Prakash.
>
>--
>Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com

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