Quotes in a column alias

Question

Possible to have double quotes in a column alias in a SQL projection? Long story involving Apex, Anychart v5 and how Apex names data serie in XML generated for multiple Y axis.
This problem can be easily solved if I can add a double quote into a column alias. E.g.
select
  some_col as "COL1"" param1=123"
from dualNo comment about Apex using column labels for generating XML tag name-values... {noformat} ;-) {noformat}
Of course, the SQL parser does not like the above format at all.
Had a look at the SQL Reference guide and it does not say much in this regard. Seems like there's no workaround - correct?

Answer 1

Hi,
I can't think of any way to do that in SQL.
In SQL*Plus, you can use COLUMN ... HEADING, with doubled double-quotes:
COLUMN     dummy     FORMAT     A20     HEADING     "COL1"" param=123"
SELECT     *
FROM     dual;Output:
COL1" param=123
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