How to branch to the delete link in report

Question

Hi all,
i have a report with delete button in all rows.when i click the delete button the row should get deleted.
To achieve this , I have given like this..........
In the column link
link text : image of the delete button
link attributes : &APP_ID.
In the URL : javascript:confirmDelete('Are u sure u want to delete','f?p=&APP_ID.:7:&SESSION.:DELETE1:&DEBUG.:RP:P7_ACT_NO,P7_EDACTIVITY:#Delete#,-1');
I have created a delete process : after submit
with condition request=expression1
In Expression1 i have given DELETE1
Problem is: it is not getting deleted and it is asking for branching.
could any one give a suggestion to achieve this?
Hope my procedure is correct.If not please correct me.
Thanks in adance
bye
Srikavi

Answer 1

Hi Srikavi,
Firstly, two points:
1 - There are other ways to do this - for example, you could have used a tabular form which provides delete functionality
2 - Your url says P7_ACT_NO but your delete statement says P7_ACT_NO_1???
OK - now the process (I haven't done this for deletions, I've done it for insertions, but the principles should be the same).
1 - You don't need a REQUEST value if page 7 does nothing but delete the data, so your url should be:
'f?p=&APP_ID.:7:&SESSION.::&DEBUG.::P7_ACT_NO,P7_EDACTIVITY:#Delete#,-1'
2 - On page 7, you should have a region that contains the two items that will receive the data from the url: P7_ACT_NO and P7_EDACTIVITY (you haven't explained what the second field is for!?!?!)
3 - The region on page 7 should have a button to submit the page. I'll call it P7_BUTTON. When creating the button, you can specify that it branches back to the original report page and repaginates
4 - In my version, I have hidden the region by adding the following into the region's header:
<DIV style="display:none;">
and the following in the region's footer:
</DIV>
<script type="text/javascript">
doSubmit('P7_BUTTON');
</script>
I hide the contents of the page so that the user doesn't see anything on screen whilst the deletion is taking place.
The javascript automatically clicks the button which submits the page.
5 - Your process to delete should be conditional on P7_BUTTON being clicked - no need to use a REQUEST value
That should be it.
Basically, when you click your button, it passes two values to page 7. Because the javascript on page 7 isn't within a function, it will run automatically. This clicks the button, which submits the page. Your delete process kicks in and deletes the record specified in the P7_ACT_NO field. And, finally, the branch (created when you create the button) will return the user to the original reports page
You could do away with the button and have the process run "Before Header" as long as you are sure that the fields will be populated correctly - in my case, because I'm inserting data, I need to do validation first.
Andy