RE: Using ' in Update statement

Do you really not see the difference between the question we are discussing here and the ones Tom Kyte is answering?

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
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Rajesh.Rao_at_jpmchase.com
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You guys are mean !!!!!! Tom Kyte would have given me 10 ways of writing the statement, would have traced every one of them under different versions
and on different platforms, pointed out the number of logical reads, elapsed time, et all, and told me which one is better.

Regards
Raj  

                    Jared.Still_at_ra

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What he said.  

   Mladen Gogala

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Here is the reason for that: this list would not be useful to me if it was devoted to answering beginner's questions. List would get flooded, I would stop reading as would many other people. It has already happened. This list is a very valuable resource to me and I would hate to lose it to the people asking things like how to set prompt in sqlplus. Usenet groups are the proper place for that.
People can learn the basics by reading books and manuals and I don't have much sympathy for the people who don't want to read but post their questions to this list instead. I am trying to help when I think that help is needed, but I am also trying to discourage trivial questions asked for 10th time.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not apologizing for my actions, I'm just explaining them. This is my last reply in this thread because I don't intend to create a flame war on this list. I'll surround myself with an SEP field and vanish from sight.
the basic stuff by reading manuals
On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 11:39, Rick_Cale_at_teamhealth.com wrote:
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>
> Ahhh!!! there is no "elite" and the question was trivial. The great
and
> powerful has spoken, perhaps all questions should be filtered
> your way for classification. I can assure nothing on this forum is
worthy
> of becoming "Testy", merely trying to provide a solution for
> someone who needed help and of course one must stand their ground when
> necessary.
>
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> Mladen Gogala

> <mladen_at_wangtradi To: Multiple
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> ng.com> cc:

> Sent by: Subject: RE: Using '
in
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> ml-errors_at_fatcity

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> 10/10/2003 10:19

> AM

> Please respond to

> ORACLE-L

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> There is no "elite" here, but this was a trivial question which
> I answered by listing manuals in which the answer could be found.
> I was asked for clarification of my reply, so I provided the
> clarification. No need to get testy about it.
>
> On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 08:54, Mercadante, Thomas F wrote:
> > Naaa. He's an equal opportunity ball-buster.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:54 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
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> > Hamid started his question
> > How can I user comma " ' " in my update statement?
> >
> > I am merely correcting his mistake and then providing a solution.
> > Wow, what a concept on a Oracle Listserv site design for that very
> purpose.
> > Just curious, Would you have answered in the same way if it had been
> asked
> > by one of
> > the "elite"?
> >
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> > Mladen Gogala
> >
> > <mladen_at_wangtradi To: Multiple
> recipients
> > of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > ng.com> cc:
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> > Sent by: Subject: Re: Using '
in
> > Update statement
> > ml-errors_at_fatcity
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> > 10/09/2003 05:09
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> > PM
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> > Please respond to
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> > ORACLE-L
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> > I didn't mean quote, I meant "RTFM".
> > On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 16:34, Rick_Cale_at_teamhealth.com wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I assume you mean quote
> > >
> > > update tablea set fielda =' james'ste Camp 'first,'sec' '
> > >
> > > update tablea set fielda =' james''ste Camp ''first,''sec'' ';
> > >
> > > Just use 2 single quotes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > > Mladen Gogala
> >
> > > <mladen_at_wangtradi To: Multiple
> > recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > ng.com> cc:
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> > > Sent by: Subject: Re: Using
'
in
> > Update statement
> > > ml-errors_at_fatcity
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> > > 10/09/2003 02:29
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> > > PM
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> > > Please respond to
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> > > ORACLE-L
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> > > It's in the documentation. Start with the concepts manual, then
> SQL*Plus
> > > manual and SQL reference. I'm sure that you'll run across the
answer
> > > because that's where I have found the answer to the very same
question.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 13:59, Hamid Alavi wrote:
> > > > List,
> > > >
> > > > How can I user comma " ' " in my update statement?
> > > >
> > > > update tablea set fielda =' james'ste Camp 'first,'sec' '
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Hamid Alavi
> > > >
> > > > Office : 818-737-0526
> > > > Cell phone : 818-416-5095

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