Remove carriage returns from a field in an oracle table

I have a field that is defined as a LONG in my oracle table; the data contained in this field has carriage returns/line feeds (it's free form text); as i'm selecting data from this field, i need the carriage returns removed so that the data from this field all appears on one line.
I tried using the TRANSLATE function to convert the carriage returns to something else, but that doesn't work.
Example:
Select comment from Notes:
COMMENT
the applicant called for an appointment;
an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am;
called applicant to confirm app
this needs to be extracted as: "the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am; called applicant to confirm app"
How can i do this? Can the decode function be used to remove the carriage returns in this field?

when i used translate its giving correctly,
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 select translate('the applicant called for an appointment;
2 an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am;
3 called applicant to confirm app
4 this needs to be extracted as: "the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled
5 How can i do this? Can the decode function be used to remove the carriage returns in this field
6* ',' ') from dual
SQL> /
TRANSLATE('THEAPPLICANTCALLEDFORANAPPOINTMENT;ANEXAMWASSCHEDULEDFOR4/1/05AT9AM;CALLEDAPPLICANTTOCONF
the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am; called applicant t
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 select 'the applicant called for an appointment;
2 an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am;
3 called applicant to confirm app
4 this needs to be extracted as: "the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled
5* How can i do this? Can the decode function be used to remove the carriage returns in this field
SQL> /
'THEAPPLICANTCALLEDFORANAPPOINTMENT;ANEXAMWASSCHEDULEDFOR4/1/05AT9AM;CALLEDAPPLICANTTOCONFIRMAPPTHIS
the applicant called for an appointment;
an exam was scheduled for 4/1/05 at 9am;
called applicant to confirm app
this needs to be extracted as: "the applicant called for an appointment; an exam was scheduled for 4
How can i do this? Can the decode function be used to remove the carriage returns in this field?
SQL>

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