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SET string to display when value is NULL

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); 1 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); 1 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); 1 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); 1 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); 1 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); 1 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); 1 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); 1 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); 1 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); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SET ECHO ON SQL> COLUMN ename FORMAT A18 SQL> INSERT INTO emp (emp_id, ename) 2 VALUES (116, 'Roxolana Lisovsky'); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SET NULL ***NULL*** SQL> SQL> SELECT emp_id, ename, 2 hire_date, end_date 3 FROM emp 4 WHERE emp_id = 116; 116 Roxolana Lisovsky 26-OCT-09 ***NULL** * 1 row selected. SQL> SQL> SET NULL "" SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.