How to put single quotes around selected data

Is there a way to return selected column value with single quotes around it?
Example I have a table:
select name from test_table;
returns: George Clooney
I want it to return 'George Clooney'
I tried: select '''||name||''' from test_table;
returns: '||name||'

...or
SCOTT@demo102> select chr(39)||ename||chr(39) from emp;
CHR(39)||ENA
'SMITH'
'ALLEN'
'WARD'
'JONES'
'MARTIN'
'BLAKE'
'CLARK'
'SCOTT'
'KING'
'TURNER'
'ADAMS'Nicolas.

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DB:10G
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How do I construct a query that can take the item and convert the input value to the following example ? By using length function I can find out how many check no in the field but am lost in how to put the ' around each check no. Help
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select * from payment where checkno in ('T-123','T-870')
thanks

with t as
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'T-123','T-870'sorry I did not understand what you wanted at first.
this shoud break p_10_item into multiple entries if it has commas in it and
then you can join it to the payment table.
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                                      1,
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SQL: Need help putting single quote around string

I want to put single quotes around string in my output.
I am running the following command as a test:
select ' ' hello ' ' from dual;
My expectation is to get 'hello' (Single quote around hello)
However I am getting the following error:
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected
When I do SHOW ALL at my SQL command prompt, the escape is set as follows:
escape "\" (hex 5c)
I even tried: select '\'hello\'' from dual;
I get back: select ''hello'' from dual
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected

Hi,
user521525 wrote:
I want to put single quotes around string in my output.
I am running the following command as a test:
select ' ' hello ' ' from dual;
My expectation is to get 'hello' (Single quote around hello)You probably read that you can get a single-quote within a string literal by using two of them in a row.
That's true, but they really have to be in a row (no spaces in between), and you still need the single-quotes at the beiginning and end of the literal.
So what you want is
SELECT '''hello'''
FROM dual;Starting in Oracle 10, you can also use Q-notation, For example:
SELECT Q'['hello']'
FROM dual;

How to put single quotes inside single quotes

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When this LV is used inside a select query, the value for LIKP~VSTEL is "INF", but I want without the double quotes. Can any one please help me with this.
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Hi,
Iif you mean LV should hold something like LIKP~VSTEL = ' INF ', then try this
data: c_quote(4) type c value ''''.
data: l_inv type string.
CONCATENATE c_quote 'INF' c_quote into l_inv.
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Regards,
Vikranth.
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Single quotes around a variable

Hi,
I have values that are being passed into a variable with single quotes around.
for eg: 'test'. So the value in variable v_empname will hold the value 'test'
But then below sql statement returns null:
select empid
into v_empid
from emp where empname = v_empname
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Doh!
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2 as
3    v_empno number;
4 begin
5    select empno into v_empno
6    from emp
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9 exception
10    when no_data_found then
11      dbms_output.put_line('No such person, or did you mean '||upper(i_name)||'?');
12 end;
13 /
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Place single quote around string

Hi,
I am wondering how I can Place single quote around string in the following. I have tried double and triple quote but it doesn't take variable name from rec.tablename.
any idea
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I have 2 suggestions, 2nd one being the better choice.
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SQL>
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2    v_sql varchar2(4000);
3    table_name varchar2(4000);
4 begin
5    table_name := 'MY_TABLE';
6    v_sql:= 'DELETE USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA WHERE TABLE_NAME= ''' || table_name || '''';
7    dbms_output.put_line(v_sql);
8 end;
9 /
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SQL> or using DBMS_ASSERT for a more elegant solution against SQL injection:
Connected to Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0
Connected as fsitja
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL>
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2    v_sql varchar2(4000);
3    table_name varchar2(4000);
4 begin
5    table_name := dbms_assert.QUALIFIED_SQL_NAME('ALL_TABLES');
6    v_sql:= 'DELETE USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA WHERE TABLE_NAME= ' || dbms_assert.ENQUOTE_NAME(table_name);
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8 end;
9 /
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PL/SQL procedure successfully completed
SQL> [Docs referencing validation checks against SQL injection|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10472/dynamic.htm#LNPLS648]
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