SQL & PL/SQL

Hi all,

I need to do the following

Code:
select ´a´*3 from dual;

The result should be ´aaa´

I´ve tried this

Code:
select to_char(to_number(´a´))*3) from dual;

That doesn´t work correctly.

Anyone can help me?

and what if I need to do:
Code:
select (´name´)*2 from dual;

where the result should be ´namename´

Hope you can help me out.

Thanks,
Kiekster