RE: sqlplus formatting question

Hi !

Try using TRANSLATE function:
select TRANSLATE('THIS IS A VARCHAR2',' ','_') from THIS_TABLE;

> I want to display a varchar2 field that contains spaces
> between words i.e
> MY NAME, but replace the spaces with underscores on the
> report i.e MY_NAME
>
> How can I do this in sqlplus?
>
> John

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