Trying selelct A,B,C,D from dual

I want to create a sql statement where I select from dual letters
A THRU E. I want them to come back in one field.
I have done the following
select 'A' ,'B','C','D' FROM DUAL
but this brings them back in there own field.

This???
SQL> with t as (
select 'A' col1 ,'B' col2,'C' col3,'D' col4,'E' col5 from dual)
select col1 || col2 || col3 || col4 || col5 new_col from t
NEW_C
ABCDE

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<PKG>
<SHIPMENTID>12345</SHIPMENTID>
<ERROR>'NO DATA'</ERROR>
<ERRORTEXT>'Error: Cannot find shipper alias in SPL_SHIPPER_ACCOUNTS.'</ERRORTEXT>
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into p_wms_output
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things i hav done till now
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and the sample XML file provided by client
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<MEDMLDATA xmlns="PhaseForward-MedML-Inform4">

<STUDYVERSION UUID="id"
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VERSIONDESCRIPTION="text" />

<USER USERNAME="mmeyer"
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ACTIVESTATE = "TRUE"
DELETESTATE = "FALSE"
FIRSTNAME = "Marianne"
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PHONE = "(555) 555-1212"
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ADDRESS = ""
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CITY = ""
STATE = ""
ZIPCODE = ""
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USERTYPE = "SITE"
ACTIVESTATE = "TRUE"
DELETESTATE = "FALSE"
FIRSTNAME = "John"
LASTNAME = "Meyer"
DISPLAYNAME = "John Meyer"
TITLE = ""
HOMESCREENURL = "./Custom/HomeDefault.html"
PHONE = "(555) 555-1212"
FAX = "(555) 555-1212"
ALTPHONE = ""
EMAIL = "[email protected]"
ADDRESS = ""
ADDRESS2 = ""
CITY = ""
STATE = ""
ZIPCODE = ""
COUNTRY = ""
BEEPER = ""
USERMUSTRESETPASSWORD = "FALSE"
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ADDRESS2 = ""
CITY = "Boston"
STATE = "MA"
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COUNTRY = "USA"
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ALTPHONE = ""
FAX = ""
EMAIL = ""
TIMEZONE="(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)"
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ZIPCODE = ""
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ALTPHONE = ""
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EMAIL = ""
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STARTDATE = "April 1, 2005">
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I have built a file upload page that is working the way I need it, but I have found that I need to determine the date from the uploaded file name. I tried to create a PL/SQL computation and do some substr / instr to the filename, but I'm not getting it as I get "ORA-01843: not a valid month" error. Here is the code I'm trying:
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Thanks for your replies,
Please check this below link which shows my database performance at the time of running a particular sql , which is selecting sysdate using table dual. It created Lbrary cache latch contention.
http://arun-itadmin.blogspot.com/2010/12/oracle-performance-screen.html
My question is
Is this the problem of frequent usage of table dual or usage of 'sysdate' ?
It there any way to get date and time other than using sysdate function?
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i have issued SELECT TO_DATE('07:19:47', 'HH:MI:SS') FROM DUAL
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If I understand correctly, you're wondering why
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I have been looking at the SQL that is generated during fetches, updates
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Have not seen oracle just dropping connection. In any case if you are using
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