Spool file with comma including quotes

Question

Hi All,
I am getting the csv file however location commas are treated as another column in file. I am expecting based on the below SQL only two columns and all the data should be in two columns though we have comma value in location string.
CREATE TABLE DEPT ( DEPTNO NUMBER,LOCATION VARCHAR2(255));
INSERT INTO DEPT (DEPTNO,LOCATION) VALUES(100, 'CHICAGO,NEWYORK');
INSERT INTO DEPT (DEPTNO,LOCATION) VALUES(200, 'ATLANTA,NEWYORK');
INSERT INTO DEPT (DEPTNO,LOCATION) VALUES(300'OMHA,NEWYORK');
INSERT INTO DEPT (DEPTNO,LOCATION) VALUES(100, 'NEWJERSEY,NEWYORK');
COMMIT;
sql file :
set pagesize 10000
set feedback off
set heading off
set echo off
spool r:\dept.csv
select to_char(deptno)||','||rtrim(location)
  from dept;
spool off
set echo on
set heading on
set feedback onEdited by: user1758353 on Dec 6, 2011 7:47 AM
Edited by: user1758353 on Dec 6, 2011 7:47 AM
Edited by: user1758353 on Dec 6, 2011 7:48 AM

Answer 1

try to wrap your column location with a double quotes.
e.g.
select to_char(deptno)||','||'"'||rtrim(location)||'"'
  from dept;when you opened your csv file on excel it considers the strings enclosed on a double quotes as one column.