What is the usage of the Oracle translate function?

The TRANSLATE function in Oracle is used to replace characters in a string. The syntax is as follows:

Translate the ‘string’ from one language specified in ‘from_string’ to another language specified in ‘to_string’.

In this case, string is the original string where characters will be replaced, from_string is the set of characters to be replaced, and to_string is the set of characters to replace them with.

For example, the following example replaces all numbers in the string with letters:

Translate the string ‘12345’ to ‘abcde’ in English from the table dual.

The outcome is: abcde

Note: The TRANSLATE function is case-sensitive, so be sure to pay attention to the character’s case.