Allow edit only user's rows, not someone else's

Question

Hello
as you know the option make Form and Report brings a report editable. Is there any way using that option to modify the report to make it non editable?
OR
more interesting, that only the user can edit his own row, not the rows of others. That is, there will be different users logging in separately and each willl be adding a row. is there a way one can edit only his row while he has no access to someone elses ?
thank you
Al
Edited by: Alvaroe on 19-Nov-2009 15:29
Edited by: Alvaroe on 19-Nov-2009 15:34

Answer 1

Hi,
maybe there is smarter way to make it, but I used to do it using CASE statement and javascript. I don't have working code, but that's the idea:
1. In your report you have column with creator name - you use it in your SQL CASE statement like:
SELECT some_columns, CASE created_by
  WHEN :APP_USER THEN '<a href="#" onclick="goToEditMode('||report_id||')">EDIT</a>'
  ELSE '-'
  END
"EDIT" FROM your_tableNow if current user has created specified record, edit link appears in EDIT column.
2. You must add hidden field (P_HIDDEN) to know which row has been selected to edit and javascript function that submits the page:
<script>
function goToEditMode(report_id){
$x('P_HIDDEN').value=report_id;
doSubmit('EDIT');
</script>3. Last thing is to create branch that takes you to EDIT page when 'EDIT' request is sent by javascript function. Don't forget to set P_HIDDEN value to edit page in order to know which record is edited.
Regards,
Przemek