SQL report region source to call a pl/sql function using DB link

Hi - I have a pl/sql function fn_dbtype(id NUMBER) defined in database X. The pl/sql function executes couple DML statements and returns a string (a SELECT query). I am able to call this function using SQL Plus (Connected to Database X) as below and it works fine:
declare
vSQL VARCHAR2(100);
begin
vSQL := fn_dbtype(1);
end;
The DML operations completed fine and vSQL contains the "Select" query now.
In APEX:
I am trying to create a SQL report in APEX using SQL query(PL/SQL function returning a sql statement) option. I am trying to figure out what to put in the region source so that the output of the "Select" query is displayed in the report.
Moreover APEX is hosted in a different database instance. So I would need to call this pl/sql function using a DB Link.
Please let me know what I need to put in the region source to execute the pl/sql function which returns the "Select" query thereby displaying the query output in the report. Thanks.
Edited by: user709584 on Mar 19, 2009 2:32 PM
Edited by: user709584 on Mar 19, 2009 2:34 PM

try something like this:
return fn_dbtype(1)@dblink;

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