Double quotes in query

Hi
I get the last query executed using the ora_sql_txt (sql_text) function for some auditing.
Now on some server I get the last query as
select columnname from "schemaname"."tablename";
i.e I get double quotes as extra.
while on some I get without double quotes
select columnname from schemaname.tablename;
Is there some setting in oracle for this.
I am using oracle 10g
Sapan

but when I try executing the query as
select something from "schema_name"."tablename";
it gives table not exists errror
but
select something from schema_name.tablename;
returns query as
select something from "schema_name"."tablename";
using the function

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Also, in general, it is advantageous to separate variable content in a
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I know this is confusing (I had a really hard time explaining it in words), so if anyone is interested I could make a Jing video when I have some time.
Thank you for all your suggestions

How to replace double quotes with a single quote in a string ?

Hi All:
Can some one tell me how to replace double Quote (") in a string with a single quote (') ? I tried to use REPLACE function, but I couldn;t get it worked.
My example is SELECT REPLACE('STN. "A"', '"', ''') FROM Dual --This one throws an error
Thanks,
Dima.

Whether it is maybe not the more comfortable way, I like the quoting capabitlity from 10g :
SQL> SELECT REPLACE('STN. "A"', '"', q'(')') FROM Dual;
REPLACE(
STN. 'A'{code}
Nicoals.

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