Annoying [ ] with "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)"

Hi all,
I've got a form where some items are shown as “Display as Text”. These values are displayed normally.
But I also have some items which are shown as “Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)”. When I run the page and these items don't return a value (because it isn't filled in in another page), we get the annoying []-sings.
Is there anyone who knows how to fix this, I just want to display nothing when there is no value.

I've tried this one already.
I tried to leave it blank, & nbsp ; , text,... but the problem is that our lov is build by a function and it always returns a query, so the LOV is never null.
I figured something out: made a process after header that has some cursors to get the values from the database and changed the item to a simple display as text-field. There were only 4 that were wrong, so it wasn't to much work.

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Where is "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)"

I am developing an application using the version of HTMLDB that comes with OracleXE.
I have a tabular form, in which the default column for a particular item is sourced from a previously entered item on another page. This is a lookup item and needs to be non-changeable by the user. So I want to use the "Display As" option "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)". However, this option is not available in the pull-down for "Display As". The option "Display as Text (based on LOV, does not save state)" is available, but using this option means that the item is not saved to the database.
Does anyone know why the stateful display as option is not available.
Thanks in advance,
Rob

Scott, thanks for the feedback. The problem is that although the value is displayed correctly, it is NOT saved to the database. Effectively, header information is entered in a previous screen, and one of the entered fields is written to each of the detail lines associated with the header. We are re-platforming an existing application (written in an obscure form of basic), and at this stage changing the schema is not an option. So this header item (which is a foreign key to a "store" table), is meant to be written down to each line, on the screen displayed as the store name, and written to the inserted lines as the lookup id. If I use the dispaly as text save state option teh database is updated correctly, but displays the id rather than name on the screen. The only display as lov option i can see is the one that does not save state. If I use this option the screen displays as I want but the database is not updated. I need to use the display as lov saves state option. but i do not see it.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your time.
Rob

Display As Text (based on LOV, saves state) "p_t03" was assigned by APEX

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Scott, thanks for the feedback. The problem is that although the value is displayed correctly, it is NOT saved to the database. Effectively, header information is entered in a previous screen, and one of the entered fields is written to each of the detail lines associated with the header. We are re-platforming an existing application (written in an obscure form of basic), and at this stage changing the schema is not an option. So this header item (which is a foreign key to a "store" table), is meant to be written down to each line, on the screen displayed as the store name, and written to the inserted lines as the lookup id. If I use the dispaly as text save state option teh database is updated correctly, but displays the id rather than name on the screen. The only display as lov option i can see is the one that does not save state. If I use this option the screen displays as I want but the database is not updated. I need to use the display as lov saves state option. but i do not see it.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your time.
Rob

Cannot see Display as Text (based on lov, saves state)

I have raised this question on the HTMLDB forum (Where is "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)" but in case its XE specific I am posting here too.
I have a tabular form in the XE version of HTMLDB, and wish to use the "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)" option. However, this option does is not available to me - are there some conditions necessary for this option to be displayed?
Thanks, Rob

Rob,
I doubt it's an XE specific issue. I've asked for more information in the original thread.
Sergio

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Hi,
Like mentioned in the subject, I have many Display as text (based on LOV saves state). I would like to have a frame or a border around this field eventhough it's read only, like a regular field. How can I do that ?
thank you.

Depending on your visual requirements, you could change the items to Text Fields (disabled or not) then simply make the Read-Only atttribute set to "always" or something that would equate to "always". It would look just like a text field (since it would in fact be one), but would be read-only.
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hi --
I've not used this kind of item before, so there's probably some really simple thing I'm missing....
Have the LOV:
select objecttype_name display_value, objecttype_id return_value
from hdb_objecttype_syn order by 1
Return value is going into page item :P3_objecttype_id (a popup LOV). Have another item, :P3_objecttype_name, which is a display as text (based on LOV) item. When/how is this item supposed to get populated? When I select a value from the LOV, I'd expect the text item to be set to the display value of the LOV, but it is always []. The source type of :P3_objecttype_name is Sql Query, and the query is:
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Thanks,
C

HI Varad -- I'm afraid I'm new enough to all this to not know how to implement either of your solutions... and that's after scanning the forum for additional info.
How do I get the page to submit? Is there any way to do this w/o forcing the user to explicitly press a button? (which would be way too much, as there are probably 10 LOVs on this page).
If I choose to use javascript, 1) on what item and under what attribute do I put the script (is it on the objecttype_name that needs to be populated?), and 2) where can I find an example of what this might look like? I'm not familiar w/ it at all.
My goal is ultimately to have an LOV that displays both the key value and the name (which I guess can be accomplished by concatenating those together in the LOV select statement), to return the name to the page, and then have the ID automatically filled in to match the key (the example I sent you is backwards, simply because I started building this page w/ only key values displayed, added the name as a test later.) And, I also want the user to be able to type in the ID (no LOV would be attached to it), and have the name automatically populated. I'm guess this could be accomplished in a way similar to having the name filled in after the value is chosen from the LOV... If I can just figure out how to do that!
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Hi Experts,
It is possible to use cascade LOV - item is displayed as text (based on LOV) in clasic report ? (Display AS)
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Example:
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regards
J :D

Hi,
>
Is it possible ? IN CLASIC REPORT
>
Yes.
It may a rather long thing to code, so be ready for it.
Here is how:
a. Use APEX_ITEM API in your Report Query. Make sure you specify the p_item_id parameter , using #ROWNUM#
b. In the Parent LoV wrtie an onChange event trigger that fires a JavaScript function and pass the ID of the element .
c. In this JavaScript function make an AJAX call to get the <select>...<option...>...</select> , in short the complete HTML of the child LoV
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e. You may additional keep the child invisible or disabled initially, and then make it visible/enable it after it is populated.
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This is a bit hard to explain in text, so I've built a sample app: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=9608:1
The app has two pages, which demonstrate two related bugs in the handling of Report "Display as Text (based on LOV)" columns.
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The colon is actually part of our data (the field in question is a URN namespace).
And yes, I understand the function of the colon in Apex URL parameter passing. However, I wouldn't expect that sort of parsing to be used against the results returned from an LOV query.
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Try this and see.
make the display as:display as text(saves state)
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Hi,
We have these following items in P3 of our application,
P3_EDIT_ACCOUNT Display as Text (saves state)
P3_USEFUL_LINKS Display as Text (saves state)
P3_LAST_APPROVED Display as Text (saves state)
P3_ARCHIVES Display as Text (saves state)
And we are initializing these items in a pl/sql process under 'Page Rendering'
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When our environment was upgraded from HTMLDB1.5 to HTMLDB2.0,
instead of displaying the proper value of :P3_ARCHIVES,
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i.e. instead of displaying 'Archives', it was displaying the whole
'<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Archives</font></a><td> '
So, when we changed all items to 'Display as Text (does not saves state)' and it was working.
But then we have another problem,
We render the rest of the same page with another pl/sql block,
Here is a portion from that pl/sql for your reference,
htp.p('
<script>
//Script to check the status change.
//The script source is rendered through PL/SQL.
function checkStatus()
var promptStr = someString;
if(ans.toUpperCase() == "AMBER" || ans.toUpperCase() == "RED")
          var cnfm = confirm(promptStr);
          if(cnfm)
          do something....
</script>
htp.print('
<td width="5%" bgcolor="#ebebc5" height="19" align="middle" >
<input TYPE="radio" name="'||l_g_fnumber||'" value="GREEN"');
IF l_allow_update THEN
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ELSE
htp.print(' disabled onmousedown="return false;"');
                    do something....
Now the issue is , when we changed all items to 'Display as Text (does not saves state)', the checkStatus() function is not getting called in the onClick
event of the radio button and hence the confirm window for the call to
confirm(promptStr) is not coming up.
But if we revert back the items to 'Display as Text (saves state)',
the checkStatus() javascript function is getting called properly but html tags are displayed against the items instead of the proper value (as mentioned in ********)
Please do let us know a possible solution to this issue.
Thanks & Regards-
Rupak

Thanks Varad for your response.
This is the error i am getting.
1 error has occurred
PLSQL anonymous block source type can be used ONLY with Display Text (based on PLSQL) item type.
yes i am using in the source..
I also tried with the PL/SQL Expression of FUNCTION in this case it is executing the query but once i run the page ora- 06550 error occured.
Thanks
AT
Edited by: ranu on Jan 8, 2009 2:51 PM

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I've tried this one already.
I tried to leave it blank, & nbsp ; , text,... but the problem is that our lov is build by a function and it always returns a query, so the LOV is never null.
I figured something out: made a process after header that has some cursors to get the values from the database and changed the item to a simple display as text-field. There were only 4 that were wrong, so it wasn't to much work.

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