title: SQL: How to return month and character corresponding to an ordinal number in Oracle
body: <p>How can I return the following result? I understand how to create the first column with a "connect by level" query. </p>
  
  <p>For <code>lvl</code> between 1 and 12, how do I generate the corresponding month? For lvl between 1 and 24 (or whatever the "chosen" alphabet has), how do I generate the corresponding letter (lower-case character)?</p>
  
  <pre><code>lvl month   char
  1   Jan     a
  2   Feb     b
  3   Mar     c
  4   Apr     d
  5   May     e
  </code></pre>