Specifically, I would like to take some columns or other data and
create a well-formed cvs string, including proper handling of
embedded quotes, commas, etc.

Is there a standard package that has this kind of functionality?

Many TIA!
Mark

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Mark Harrison
Pixar Animation Studios

On Mar 25, 1:21*am, m... (AT) pixar (DOT) com wrote:
Are you asking about CSV strings?


David Fitzjarrell

On Mar 25, 6:21*am, m... (AT) pixar (DOT) com wrote:



I think you should look at Tom Kyte's asktom site - there's
a PL/SQL procedure there for saving arbitrary queries as
..csv.

You could get a couple of ideas here

http://www.oracle-base.com/dba/Scrip...s&file=csv.sql

It's always amazed me that nobody has written a proper .csv
manipulation package for Oracle, given all the questions that
people ask about it - ho... hum... maybe next year.



There are lot's of snippets out there - Mr. SearchEngine is your
friend...


Paul...