Question on updating a table based on report data

Question

Hi all,
I am building a new stock request form for our site and I have a report that provides a listing of all requests that have a status of pending based on supv_approve flag being Null.
I want to be able to update the table BGNA_NEW_STOCK_REQUESTS and set SUPV_APPROVE Flag to either Y or N depending on what the user sets as the value in the report. (by changing the standard report column to a text field and setting it to a named LOV with values Y or N, I can change each row in the displayed report to either be Y or N - but have yet to figure out how you then update the table with those values)
Each row of the report has a unique ID - I just havent figured out how you update a table by chaging the values displayed in a report. I get that I can change the feild type from standard report column to text field but havent figured out how to get an update button to actually update the table once I changed the NULL value to Y or N
any help is greatly appreciated!
Edited by: user8607582 on Aug 10, 2009 1:51 PM
Edited by: user8607582 on Aug 10, 2009 1:58 PM

Answer 1

Hello Danny,
Add a column to the sql that is something like this:
select apex_item.checkbox(1,<keyfieldname> "Approved", (then the rest of your query for your report).
This will put a check-box on your report. Move it to the beginning of the line for a better user-interface.
When the user clicks the "Submit" button, ONLY those lines that have a check in the box are sent back. Create a process on your page that does the following:
for i in 1..apex_application.g_f01.count Loop
<do the processing of Approved transactions using this syntax for your update processing... where <keyfieldname> = apex_application.g_f01(i);
<set all of the remaining as "N" if you wish or leave the supervisor's approval as NULL>
end loop;
This will then allow you process all of those items that were checked.
I hope this helps,
Don.
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