Pl sql - web

Question

Hi everyone!
I am here with another question
I have an issue here.
Right now, I am displaying a table in the web by selecting all the records from a particular table.
This is how I do it.
PROCEDURE Alagu_DOWNLOAD_REPORT ()
is
begin
Alagu_DOWNLOAD_REPORT_HEADER ();
    htp.p('<div id="content">');
    htp.p('<table width="600" border="2" cellspacing="1">');
    htp.p('
            <br/> <br/>                     
           <tr>
             <td width="200" align="right" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span class="style7"> Dealer_ID</span></td>
             <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><spanclass="style7"> CreationDate</span></td>
             <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span class="style7"> NewAccount</span></td>
             <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span class="style7"> Downloaded(Y/N)</span></td>          
             <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span class="style7"> NewAccount</span></td>
             <td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"><span class="style7"> Accumulated</span></td>
           </tr>');
for col in 
(select Dealer_ID AS "Dealer", CreationDate AS "Create Date", NewAccount AS "New List",
        Downloaded AS "Downloaded(Y/N)", NewAccount as "New Count", Accumulated as "ACC"
from PMS_DealerDownload)
loop  
       htp.p('<td align="left"><span class="style1 style10">'||col."Dealer_ID" ||'</span></td>');
       htp.p('<td align="right"><span class="style1 style10">'||col."CreationDate" ||'</span></td>');
       htp.p('<td align="right"><span class="style1 style10">'||col."NewAccount" ||'</span></td>');
       htp.p('<td align="right"><span class="style1 style10">'||col."Downloaded(Y/N)"||'</span></td>');               
       htp.p('<td align="right"><span class="style1 style10">'||col."NewAccount"||'</span></td>');      
       htp.p('<td align="right"><span class="style1 style10">'||col."Accumulated"||'</span></td>');      
       htp.p(' </tr>');   
end loop;
    htp.p('<table>');
    htp.p('
          <tr>
              <td> </td><td>');
end;Now, as it is displayed in one single table, its very difficult to read. How can I break it down?
Should I include a search engine? or how should I go about it? Is there a way to break the table into smaller parts using the dealer id?
Its very urgent. Please advice.
Thanks in advance.
Alagu

Answer 1

you may offer the meal in small pieces instead of putting the whole pot on the table.
ask the customer to define a time_range (or do it by program) and show the smaller amount of data.
you'll have to find out which variable(s) are best used for your application to get the right effect.
PROCEDURE Alagu_DOWNLOAD_REPORT (p_start_date date, p_end_date date)
is
for col in 
    (select Dealer_ID AS "Dealer", CreationDate AS "Create Date", NewAccount AS "New List",
           Downloaded AS "Downloaded(Y/N)", NewAccount as "New Count", Accumulated as "ACC"
      from PMS_DealerDownload
     where CreationDate between p_start_date and p_end_date
       order by CreationDate)
......