How to update table which has column name as Oracle keyword?

Hi All,
Somebody has created one table which has column name as "OPTION", now i am trying update this table column value and its throwing an error. "Invalid Identifier".
Could you please help me in this?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ganesh Patil

check this :
batch@DOLN1> create table "from" ("select" varchar2(10));
Table created.
batch@DOLN1> desc "from";
Name Null? Type
select VARCHAR2(10)
batch@DOLN1> update "from" set "select" = 'hello World';
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batch@DOLN1> insert into "from" values('hello World');
insert into "from" values('hello World')
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-12899: value too large for column "TCM_BATCH"."from"."select" (actual: 11, maximum: 10)
batch@DOLN1> update "from" set "select" = 'hello';
0 rows updated.
batch@DOLN1> insert into "from" values('hello');
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batch@DOLN1> commit;
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batch@DOLN1> update "from" set "select" = 'World' where "select" = 'hello';
1 row updated.
batch@DOLN1> select * from "from";
select
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