How can I count the number of words in a string in Oracle?

Question

I\'m trying to count how many words there are in a string in SQL.

Select  (\"Hello To Oracle\") from dual;

I want to show the number of wor

Answer 1

Since you're using Oracle 11g it's even simpler-

select regexp_count(your_column, '[^ ]+') from your_table

Here is a sqlfiddle demo