From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Thu Apr 15 09:26:59 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i3FEQn801100 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:26:54 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i3FEQi601056 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:26:49 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 79F46638442; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:04:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 04984-20; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:04:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 3F94F637D97; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:02:45 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:01:10 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 7CAF8637AAA for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:56:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02807-83 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:56:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from dtagsmtp1.dtg.local (unknown [65.218.31.111]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with SMTP id C5169637AC8 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:51:26 -0500 (EST) Received: by dtagimc.dtg.local with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:59:00 -0500 Message-ID: From: Stephen.Lee@DTAG.Com To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: RE: escape column name Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:02:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-type: text/plain X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 3153 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: Stephen.Lee@DTAG.Com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org > -----Original Message----- > Yes, but my hands are tied in this situation. Are you allowed to define a sane column alias in the view? SQL> desc crap; Name Null? Type -------------------- -------- ---------------------------------------------- HELLO & GOODBYE VARCHAR2(100) SQL> set escape \ SQL> create view crap_view as select "HELLO \& GOODBYE" sane from crap; SQL> select * from crap_view; SANE --------------------------------- HELLO GOODBYE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------