Basic Oracle Concepts and Programming Question:
How To Write Text Literals in Oracle?
Answer:
There are several ways to write text literals as shown in the following samples:
SELECT 'globalguideline.com' FROM DUAL -- The most common format
globalguideline.com
SELECT 'It''s Sunday!' FROM DUAL -- Single quote escaped
It's Sunday!
SELECT N'Allo, C''est moi.' FROM DUAL -- National chars
Allo, C'est moi.
SELECT Q'/It's Sunday!/' FROM DUAL -- Your own delimiter
It's Sunday!
SELECT 'globalguideline.com' FROM DUAL -- The most common format
globalguideline.com
SELECT 'It''s Sunday!' FROM DUAL -- Single quote escaped
It's Sunday!
SELECT N'Allo, C''est moi.' FROM DUAL -- National chars
Allo, C'est moi.
SELECT Q'/It's Sunday!/' FROM DUAL -- Your own delimiter
It's Sunday!
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