Put single quote around input data

Question

Hi all,
DB:10G
Have an input field (P10_item) with text value . Sometimes it can be multiple text values separated by , like T-123,T-870 . sometimes it only has 1 text value.
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
ex:
select * from payment where checkno in ('T-123','T-870')
thanks

Answer 1

with  t as
(select 'T-123,T-870'  txt from dual )
select replace(regexp_replace(txt,'(.+)','''\1'''),',',''',''')from t;
'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.
WITH t AS (SELECT 'T-123,T-870' p_10_item FROM DUAL),
     t2
        AS (    SELECT REGEXP_SUBSTR (p_10_item,
                                      '[^\,]+',
                                      1,
                                      LEVEL)
                          checkno
                  FROM t
            CONNECT BY LEVEL <=
                            LENGTH (p_10_item)
                          - LENGTH (REPLACE (p_10_item, ','))
                          + 1)
SELECT payment.*
  FROM payment, t2
WHERE t2.checkno = payment.checknoEdited by: pollywog on May 18, 2011 1:14 PM