select replace('O''Reilly','''','*') from dual - work too
Igor Oussoltsev
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> Gotta love Mondays,
>
> We've been through this before, and I usually don't have a problem, but
> today my brain must think it's the weekend.
>
>
> Hey, I've got a bunch of names like O'Brien and O'Reilley where I need to
> replace the ' symbol. I've tried every type of combination of single
> quotes and slashes(escape sequence) I can think of, but I must have missed
> one, because I can't get it to replace.
>
> Any Ideas? Here's the progenitor of the whole mess.
>
> 1* select replace(lastname,' ' ') from adst where lastname like 'O%'
> SQL> /
> ERROR:
> ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated
> SQL>
>
> David A. Barbour
> Oracle DBA, OCP
> AISD
> 512-414-1002
>
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