I have the following tabular report using the following query:
select id, name, telephone, apex_item.checkbox2(1,id) as "Tick when Contacted", apex_item.text(20,my_date) as "Date Contacted", apex_item.textarea(30,my_comment,5,80) as "Comment" from my_table
This report displays 10 records where the driving key is the checkbox assigned to F01.
My problem is, as this is a tabular report, using Oracle APEX_APPLICATION.G_F01.COUNT - how can I access the values of the textarea field, where "my_comment" is a user enterable value on the report and not from a database column/table?
From what I can see, it seems to be a sequence issue and if the records you enter are not in the correct order then values are missed.
I am only ticking the checkbox for row 1, 3 and 5 and so expect to return the values for textarea fields that relate to these selected rows only.
This has got me baffled.
Thanks.
Yes, it gets tricky when your tabular form contains checkboxes. In your example, g_f01 will only contain 3 elements with values 1, 3, 5 but array g_f30 will contain 10 elements.
usually when using apex_item to build tabular forms it is best to also use an APEX collection:
- Populate the APEX collection on entry to the page with the relevant data from my_table. Hold the ID of the mytable rows in a hidden item e.g. apex_item.hidden(2,id).
- Write the report to work from the collection rather than my_table, and to use seq_id rather than ID in the checkbox item:
apex_item.checkbox2(1,seq_id) - On submit, use the g_fxx arrays to update the collection - oftne using more than one pass.
- Finally use the collection to update my_tabl
So in your example you might first update the APEX collection with to indicate which rows have been ticked by setting c050 to 'Y':
for i in 1..apex_application.g_f01.count loop apex_collection.update_member_attribute('MYCOLL', apex_application.g_f01(i), 50, 'Y'); end loop;
Then update it with the other changes:
for i in 1..apex_application.g_f02.count loop apex_collection.update_member_attribute('MYCOLL', apex_application.g_f02(i), 20, apex_application.g_f20(i)); apex_collection.update_member_attribute('MYCOLL', apex_application.g_f02(i), 30, apex_application.g_f30(i)); end loop;
Finally apply the relevant changes to my_table:
for r in (select c002, c020, c030 from apex_collection where collection_name = 'MYCOLL' and c001 = 'Y' -- Checked rows only ) loop update my_table set my_date = r.c020 , my_comment = r.c030 where id = r.c002; end loop;
Simple as that...?!
