How can I add blank spaces between the columns?
I want to display 3 columns in one column.
select artikel_nr || preis || termin from auftragsposition
Just concatenate in a space as a text literal:
select artikel_nr || ' ' || preis || ' ' || termin from auftragsposition
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I'm having trouble formatting this result set. The columns vendor_address1 and vendor_address2 have the text NULL in them. I need to format the output like the picture. I have tried various case statements, the replace() function, etc. I initially thought the NULL text was a null value but then soon realized its actual text. The Pacific Bell vendor should have no spaces in the beginning. I was trying to remove the spaces with the LTRIM function (or that was my idea).
Here is my code:
SELECT vendor_name,
LTRIM(REPLACE(vendor_address1, 'NULL', ' ')) || ', ' ||
LTRIM(REPLACE(vendor_address2, 'NULL', ' ')) || ', ' ||
vendor_city || ', ' || vendor_state || ' ' || vendor_zip_code
AS "Complete Address"
FROM ap.vendors
WHERE vendor_name LIKE 'P%'
My Current Output
My Desired Output
Vendors Table
EDIT: I tried the suggestion below but got this result instead:
EDIT2: So I was able to figure it out. Here is the code I ended up using, in case anyone was wondering:
SELECT vendor_name,
DECODE(vendor_address1, 'NULL', '', vendor_address1 || ', ') ||
DECODE(vendor_address2, 'NULL', '', vendor_address2 || ', ') ||
vendor_city || ', ' ||vendor_state || ' ' || vendor_zip_code AS
"Complete Address"
FROM ap.vendors
WHERE vendor_name LIKE 'P%'
This gives the output that matches my "Desired Output"
What you need is NVL2() function as you need non-null case such as
SELECT vendor_name,
NVL2(TRIM(vendor_address1), TRIM(vendor_address1)||', ',null )||
NVL2(TRIM(vendor_address2), TRIM(vendor_address2)||', ',null )||
vendor_city || ', ' ||vendor_state || ' ' || vendor_zip_code AS "Complete Address"
FROM ap.vendors
WHERE vendor_name LIKE 'P%'
where vendor_city,vendor_state and vendor_zip_code columns are presumed to be non-null always. The vendor_addresses should be suffixed with a comma if either of them is non-null.
Btw, 'NULL' is just a literal, but not identical to null(or NULL)
Demo
So I basically wanna display this (whole row in ONE column):
I like [type column] cake with [icing column] and a [fruit column].
The result should be:
Cake_Column
----------------
I like chocolate cake with whipped_cream and a cherry.
I like strawberry cake with vanilla_cream and a lemon_slice.
etc.
etc.
I need some sort of TO_CHAR statement that does ([column] "some text" [column]) "new_column_name";
What am I supposed to know?
You have two options for concatenating strings in Oracle:
CONCAT
Using ||
CONCAT example:
CONCAT(
CONCAT(
CONCAT(
CONCAT(
CONCAT('I like ', t.type_desc_column),
' cake with '),
t.icing_desc_column),
' and a '),
t.fruit_desc_column)
Using || example:
'I like ' || t.type_desc_column || ' cake with ' || t.icing_desc_column || ' and a ' || t.fruit_desc_column
Did you try the || operator ?
Concatenation Operator Documentation from Oracle >>>
select 'i like' || type_column || ' with' ect....
Below query works for me #Oracle 10G ----
select PHONE, CONTACT, (ADDR1 || '-' || ADDR2 || '-' || ADDR3) as Address
from CUSTOMER_DETAILS
where Code='341';
O/P -
1111 abc#gmail.com 4th street-capetown-sa
The Oracle/PLSQL CONCAT function allows to concatenate two strings together.
CONCAT( string1, string2 )
string1
The first string to concatenate.
string2
The second string to concatenate.
E.g.
SELECT 'I like ' || type_column_name || ' cake with ' ||
icing_column_name || ' and a ' fruit_column_name || '.'
AS Cake FROM table;
Try this:
SELECT 'I like ' || type_column_name || ' cake with ' ||
icing_column_name || ' and a ' fruit_column_name || '.'
AS Cake_Column FROM your_table_name;
It should concatenate all that data as a single column entry named "Cake_Column".
I have a simple Select query that aggregates one column containing large texts.
The following worked for me with small texts but I am now exceeding the Listagg character limit (4000 bytes ?).
I am very new to Oracle and couldn't find a proper solution for this online that I could apply here.
Can someone tell me the best alternative to this ?
My Query (simplified):
SELECT
m.S_ID AS SID
, LISTAGG
(
'ITEM NO.: ' || m.ITEM ||
' -nl-ARTICLE: ' || a.ARTICLE ||
' -nl-NET: ' || m.NET ||
' -nl-TAX: ' || NVL(m.TAX, 0) ||
' -nl-GROSS: ' || (m.NET + m.TAX),
' -nl--nl-'
) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY m.S_ID) AS Details
/* ... */
FROM
myTable m
/* ... */
Many thanks for any help with this,
Mike
One of possible method.
select xmlagg(xmlelement(xxx,'ITEM NO.: ' || m.ITEM ||
' -nl-ARTICLE: ' || a.ARTICLE ||
' -nl-NET: ' || m.NET ||
' -nl-TAX: ' || NVL(m.TAX, 0) ||
' -nl-GROSS: ' || (m.NET + m.TAX),
' -nl--nl-'||',<-separator').extract('//text()') order m.S_ID).getClobval() from mytable
group by ...
2nd method.
oracle allows to creat own aggregation function user defined aggregation function
I need to format column headers in the output of sql while using concat
Eg:
SELECT '' || to_char(sysdate,'ddmmyyyy') as DATE || ',' || ENO|| ',' || NAME|| ''
FROM EMP;
would retrieve me
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected.
Need the output as:
DATE ENO NAME
-----------------
251013 7560 RAM
251013 7561 ROSS
This format works
SELECT to_char(sysdate,'ddmmyyyy') || ',' || ENO || ',' || NAME as "DATE,ENO,NAME"
FROM EMP
but I have an issue with
ORA-00972: identifier is too long
when the length of column names inside as "" exceeds 30 characters
Eg:
SELECT to_char(sysdate,'ddmmyyyy') || ',' || ENO || ',' || NAME ||
',' || EMPLOYEE_IDENTIFICATION_NUMBER as "DATE,ENO,NAME,EMPLOYEE_IDENTIFICATION_NUMBER"
FROM EMP;
To achieve this output you have to build your query like this
SELECT to_char(sysdate,'ddmmyyyy') || ',' || ENO || ',' || NAME as "DATE,ENO,NAME" FROM EMP
You need to move the alias, if you really need it, at the end of the SELECT clause. Also the empty strings ('') can be removed:
SELECT to_char(sysdate,'ddmmyyyy') || ',' || ENO || ',' || NAME as DATE FROM EMP;
So I basically wanna display this (whole row in ONE column):
I like [type column] cake with [icing column] and a [fruit column].
The result should be:
Cake_Column
----------------
I like chocolate cake with whipped_cream and a cherry.
I like strawberry cake with vanilla_cream and a lemon_slice.
etc.
etc.
I need some sort of TO_CHAR statement that does ([column] "some text" [column]) "new_column_name";
What am I supposed to know?
You have two options for concatenating strings in Oracle:
CONCAT
Using ||
CONCAT example:
CONCAT(
CONCAT(
CONCAT(
CONCAT(
CONCAT('I like ', t.type_desc_column),
' cake with '),
t.icing_desc_column),
' and a '),
t.fruit_desc_column)
Using || example:
'I like ' || t.type_desc_column || ' cake with ' || t.icing_desc_column || ' and a ' || t.fruit_desc_column
Did you try the || operator ?
Concatenation Operator Documentation from Oracle >>>
select 'i like' || type_column || ' with' ect....
Below query works for me #Oracle 10G ----
select PHONE, CONTACT, (ADDR1 || '-' || ADDR2 || '-' || ADDR3) as Address
from CUSTOMER_DETAILS
where Code='341';
O/P -
1111 abc#gmail.com 4th street-capetown-sa
The Oracle/PLSQL CONCAT function allows to concatenate two strings together.
CONCAT( string1, string2 )
string1
The first string to concatenate.
string2
The second string to concatenate.
E.g.
SELECT 'I like ' || type_column_name || ' cake with ' ||
icing_column_name || ' and a ' fruit_column_name || '.'
AS Cake FROM table;
Try this:
SELECT 'I like ' || type_column_name || ' cake with ' ||
icing_column_name || ' and a ' fruit_column_name || '.'
AS Cake_Column FROM your_table_name;
It should concatenate all that data as a single column entry named "Cake_Column".