QUOTED STRINGS SQLPLUS

Hi,
Maybe someone can help me out.
For some reason when I copy and paste a query into sqlplus the single quotes now become periods. Could someone please tell me which parameter in sqlplus I need to change and what that command is?
ex
select text from dba_views where view_name = 'FERRIS_WHEEL';
select text from dba_views where view_name = .FERRIS_WHEEL. ; <== pasted into sqlplus
I would appreciated it very much.
Thanks in advance
al

Good Morning,
Sorry for being so late with a response. My company is running windows xp on solaris 9 unix os. We had just installed a new box with 10g in it. I used the regular word document to type, copy and then paste to the sqlplus.
This is a mystery.
Thanks for your thoughts on this.
al

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Quoted string not properly terminated

I am trying to use the tune_mview package. I am setting up variables in sqlplus to use when calling the package. I am using the following to set the entire create Mview staement into a variable, but am getting a ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated. I can execute the select statement inside the create mview statement, and can execute the create mview statement, but when I try to set the entire statement into a variable I get the error. This is 10gR2.
EXECUTE :create_mv_ddl := q'|CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW WH.MV_SPS_CONTRIB_SPLITS ENABLE QUERY REWRITE AS
select
c.rep_nbr rep_number
,decode(p.override,null,c.rep_nbr,p.override) override
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,p.payout_perc Split_Percentage
,s.summed_perc Sum_Of_All_Splits
from
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,(select *
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and production_credit = 'Y') p
select
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,count(payout_perc) used_for_MV_rewrite
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,p.rep_nbr |';

Hi,
If i spotted the error I would write...two ('|') in the beggining and end of the CREATE statement .
EXECUTE :create_mv_ddl := q'||CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW WH.MV_SPS_CONTRIB_SPLITS ENABLE QUERY REWRITE AS
select
c.rep_nbr rep_number
,decode(p.override,null,c.rep_nbr,p.override) override
,c.rep_type
,decode(s.rep_number,null,1,decode(s.summed_perc,0,1/s.number_of_splits,p.payout_perc/s.summed_perc)) Comm_Contr
,p.payout_perc Split_Percentage
,s.summed_perc Sum_Of_All_Splits
from
wh.t_stg_sps_rep_control c
,(select *
from wh.t_stg_sps_rep_payout p
where
p.payout_cat = 'PRC'
and production_credit = 'Y') p
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rep_nbr rep_number
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,count(*) number_of_splits
,count(payout_perc) used_for_MV_rewrite
from
wh.t_stg_sps_rep_payout
where
production_credit = 'Y'
and payout_cat = 'PRC'
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rep_nbr
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and p.rep_nbr = s.rep_number (+)
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Urgent: help me on: ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated

I got the following error message when I tried to insert a record into database.
Please help me in this regard. I need to insert upto 2000 bytes.
insert into activity_reason values(1733214, 3234, 23,'P54I8N',to_date('04/19/2006','MM/DD/YYYY'),NULL, NULL, NULL, 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd1600', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
ERROR:
ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated
table desc:
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Name Null? Type
CASE_ACTIVITY_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
REASON_CDE NOT NULL NUMBER(5)
QUESTION_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(10)
OPER_ID NOT NULL CHAR(8)
LAST_UPD_TMS DATE
COMMENT_TXT_1 VARCHAR2(240)
COMMENT_TXT_2 VARCHAR2(240)
COMMENT_TXT_3 VARCHAR2(240)
COMMENT_TXT_4 VARCHAR2(2000)
LETTER_TXT_1 VARCHAR2(240)
LETTER_TXT_2 VARCHAR2(2000)
PATIENT_LETTER_TXT_1 VARCHAR2(240)
PATIENT_LETTER_TXT_2 VARCHAR2(2000)

Hi,
It's work fine on my 9.2.0.4 database.
SQL> create table activity_reason
2 (CASE_ACTIVITY_ID NUMBER(10) NOT NULL,
3 REASON_CDE NUMBER(5) NOT NULL,
4 QUESTION_ID NUMBER(10) NOT NULL,
5 OPER_ID CHAR(8) NOT NULL,
6 LAST_UPD_TMS DATE,
7 COMMENT_TXT_1 VARCHAR2(240),
8 COMMENT_TXT_2 VARCHAR2(240),
9 COMMENT_TXT_3 VARCHAR2(240),
10 COMMENT_TXT_4 VARCHAR2(2000),
11 LETTER_TXT_1 VARCHAR2(240),
12 LETTER_TXT_2 VARCHAR2(2000),
13 PATIENT_LETTER_TXT_1 VARCHAR2(240),
14 PATIENT_LETTER_TXT_2 VARCHAR2(2000));
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into activity_reason values(1733214, 3234, 23,'P54I8N',to_date('04/19/2006','MM/DD/YYYY'),NULL, NULL, NULL, 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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What is your database version ? Q-quote operator introduced in Oracle 10g and see the example, you might be facing this error.
This is in SQL *PLUS V 9.2.0.1.0
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Product
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
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SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue May 11 12:58:12 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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kumar0828 wrote:
 ... 
REPLACE (agx_drug.medicinalproduct, '''', '''') AS "MEDICINALPRODUCT",
 ... <pre>
REPLACE (agx_drug.medicinalproduct, '''', '''')
</pre>
With the above statement you are replacing single quote with another single quote
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<pre>
AND agx_drug.medicinalproduct =
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*-qVAGX_DRUG.MEDICINALPRODUCT* <pre>
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q'[a'']' => a''
q'*a*' => a
q'*a'*' => a'
q'*a''*' => a''
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