How to get the connection string at runtime

Question

Hi,
I'm using Forms6i.
I'm using EXEC_SQL to execute a dynamic sql in my form.
I need connection string for that . But i cannot give it hardcodingly.
Is there any form's properties to get the database connection string, to which the form is connected ?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
I've the user i/p columns
EmpNo, Dept ,Holicode and , From and To Date.
In which From and To Date is mandatory.
In one table, emp_cal_header, i have all the holidays defined for each of the employees for a year.
The records like
EmpNo    Holicode     Holidt
001        Frioff         02/07/2011
001        Satoff        03/07/2011
001        Frioff         08/07/2011
.....So i want the final o/p in Excel like
If user i/p is from Date: 01/07/2011 ,ToDate:09/07/2011, EmpNo :001
EmpNo   Dept     Total  01/07/2011   02/07/2011 ..... 08/07/2011  09/07/2011
001        IT        3               FriOff           Frioff            For this i'm constructing a dynamic sql like this
     qry := '(Select ech_emp_code cal_emp_code,emp_name CAL_EMP_NAME,emp_dept CAL_EMP_DEPT,count(ech_date) CAL_TOTAL'||date_cols||'
                         from (Select ech_emp_code,em.emp_name||'' ''||em.emp_middle_name||'' ''||em.emp_last_name emp_name,em.emp_dept emp_dept,ech_code,ech_desc,ech_date
                                        from emp_cal_header ,employee_master em
                            where emp_cal_header.ech_emp_code = em.emp_code
                            and  ech_emp_code = '||nvl(:emp_code,'ech_emp_code')
                            ||' and em.emp_status IN (''P'',''C'')'
                            ||' and em.emp_dept = '||dep
                            ||' and ech_date between '''||to_date(to_char(:From_dt,'DD-MON-YYYY'))
                            ||''' and '''  ||to_date(to_char(:To_dt,'DD-MON-YYYY'))
                            ||''' and ech_code = '||holi
                            ||' order by ech_Date)
             group by ech_emp_code,emp_name,emp_dept)';
and date_cols is constructed as
     todt := :from_dt ;
     i := 0;
     loop
          i := i+1;
          dt  := to_char(todt,'dd-MON-YYYY');
          date_cols     := date_cols||','||'max(decode(to_char(ech_date,''dd-MON-YYYY''),'''||dt||''',ech_CODE)) DT'||i;
          todt := todt + 1;
          Exit when todt > :to_dt ;
     End loop;This query i'm executing using EXEC_SQL.
Since date_cols can be constructed only based on user i/p , i'm not able to do just a normal query
Any help