Spool to csv file problem--comma included in the data

Friends,
i spooled the table's data to csv file.
when i open it in the excel sheet some of the records are in the different cells.
below is the record....
Colonial Street, Ruwanda
so when i view it in the excel sheet.
Colonial Street is coming in one cell
and
Ruwanda is coming in the next cell.
but "Colonial Street, Ruwanda" is the single entry in the column.
so how can i spool the record which is having comma (,) in between the words to get it in the single cell of excel?
thanks

Usually putting double quotes around your column values should take care of that:
select     '"'||column1
       ||'","'||column2
       ||'","'||column3||'"'
from   your_table

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