Using || to form a long string : Column Concatenation « Select Query « Oracle PL / SQL

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Oracle PL / SQL » Select Query » Column Concatenation 
Using || to form a long string
  
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE emp (
  2    emp_id               NUMBER,
  3    ename             VARCHAR2(40),
  4    hire_date        DATE DEFAULT sysdate,
  5    end_date DATE,
  6    rate     NUMBER(5,2),
  7    CONSTRAINT emp_pk    PRIMARY KEY (emp_id)
  8  );

Table created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (101'Mary', to_date('15-Nov-1961','dd-mon-yyyy'),null,169);

row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (102'Tom', to_date('16-Sep-1964','dd-mon-yyyy'),to_date('5-May-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),135);

row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (104'Peter', to_date('29-Dec-1987','dd-mon-yyyy'),to_date('1-Apr-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),99);

row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (105'Mike', to_date('15-Jun-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),null,121);

row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (107'Less', to_date('2-Jan-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),null,45);

row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (108'Park', to_date('1-Mar-1994','dd-mon-yyyy'),to_date('15-Nov-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),220);

row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (110'Ink', to_date('4-Apr-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),to_date('30-Sep-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),84);

row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (111'Tike', to_date('23-Aug-1976','dd-mon-yyyy'),null,100);

row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (112'Inn', to_date('15-Nov-1961','dd-mon-yyyy'),to_date('4-Apr-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),70);

row created.

SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (113'Kate', to_date('3-Mar-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),to_date('31-Oct-2004','dd-mon-yyyy'),300);

row created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> SELECT    TO_CHAR(emp_id|| ','
  2         || TO_CHAR(rate|| ','
  3         || TO_CHAR(hire_date,'MM/DD/YYYY') || ','
  4         || '"' || ename || '"'
  5  FROM emp
  6  WHERE end_date IS NULL;
101,169,11/15/1961,"Mary"
105,121,06/15/2004,"Mike"
107,45,01/02/2004,"Less"
111,100,08/23/1976,"Tike"

rows selected.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table emp;

Table dropped.

SQL>

   
    
  
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