Error with the query

Question

I have the following query and it is giving me error messages.
select lpad(name,20,’ ‘)||’ = ‘||value xn2, value xv2
from v$sysstat
where name = ‘consistent gets’
11:27:14 Processing ...
11:27:14 select lpad(name,20,’ ‘)||’ = ‘||value xn2, value xv2
11:27:14 *
11:27:14 ORA-00911: invalid character11:27:14 *** Script stopped due to error ***
11:27:14 *** SCRIPT END : Session:SYSTEM@PPRD-SV(1) 14-Mar-2008 11:27:14 ***
11:27:14 End SQL Editor Execution

Answer 1

>
11:27:14 Processing ...
11:27:14 select lpad(name,20,’ ‘)||’ = ‘||value xn2,
value xv2
11:27:14 *
11:27:14 ORA-00911: invalid character11:27:14
*** Script stopped due to error ***
1:27:14 *** SCRIPT END : Session:SYSTEM@PPRD-SV(1)
14-Mar-2008 11:27:14 ***
:27:14 End SQL Editor Executionworks for me:
test@ORA10G>
test@ORA10G>
test@ORA10G> select lpad(name,20,' ')||' = '||value xn2, value xv2
  2  from v$sysstat
  3  where name = 'consistent gets'
  4  /
XN2                                                                    XV2
     consistent gets = 215019                                       215019
test@ORA10G>
test@ORA10G>
test@ORA10G>Maybe you want to check if those are indeed single quotes.
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