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You can choose a different format for any NUMBER column by using a format model in a COLUMN command. A format model is a representation of the way you want the numbers in the column to appear, using 9s to represent digits.
- Using SQL*Plus
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- Format Models
You can use format models to specify the format of a value...
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Formatting Columns. Through the SQL*Plus COLUMN command, you...
- Using SQL*Plus
You can use format models to specify the format of a value that you are converting from one data type to another data type required for a column. For example, a value that you insert into a DATE column must be a value of the DATE data type or a character string in the default date format (Oracle implicitly converts character strings in the ...
I want to be able to display the resulting data from a select in a pretty way, not all columns under others. Here is the way sqlplus displays my table data: But I want to show them as: Name | Address | Phone |. -------+---------------+-------------+. name1 | address1 | phone1 |. name2 | address2 | phone2 |.
Formatting Columns. Through the SQL*Plus COLUMN command, you can change the column headings and reformat the column data in your query results. Changing Column Headings. When displaying column headings, you can either use the default heading or you can change it using the COLUMN command.
If you want to format numeric column values with commas, you can format it like this for example. SQL> col sal format $999,99,999.99. and now you will get the output like this. Similarly you can also format all numeric values by giving the following command. SQL> set numformat "999,99,999.99"
The basic format is as follows. SET SQLFORMAT DELIMITED <delimiter> <left enclosure> <right enclosure>. In the folowing example the delimiter string is ~del~ and string values are enclosed in double-quotes. SQL> SET SQLFORMAT DELIMITED ~del~ " " SQL> SELECT * FROM emp WHERE deptno = 20;
Specify text, alignment, format and wrapping for a given column, for the duration of the current session. Syntax: COL[UMN] [{column|expr} [option …]] options: ALIAS alias Assign an alias to a column, which can be used by BREAK , COMPUTE , and other COLUMN commands.
