Apex 3.0 bug?

Question

Report query:
SELECT id,SD,ST,SV FROM (
SELECT
     ID,
     STAT_DATE SD,
     REPLACE(STAT_TEXT,' --','< / b>') ST,
     -- STAT_TEXT ST, 
     case
       WHEN tool.is_number_n(to_char(STAT_VALUE))=1 OR tool.is_number_fmt_hr_n(to_char(STAT_VALUE))=1 THEN
         '< b >'||to_char(STAT_VALUE,'999G999G999G999G990',' NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = '',.''')||'< / b>'
       ELSE
         '< b >'||to_char(STAT_VALUE)||'< / b>'
     END SV
    FROM #OWNER#.XE_STATS
   WHERE ((STAT_DATE = :P50_SD) AND (#OWNER#.tool.get_lang='hr') )
UNION
SELECT
     ID,
     STAT_DATE SD,
     REPLACE(STAT_TEXT_E,' --','< / b>') ST,
     -- STAT_TEXT_E ST,
     case
       WHEN tool.is_number_n(to_char(STAT_VALUE))=1 OR tool.is_number_fmt_en_n(to_char(STAT_VALUE))=1 THEN
         '< b >'||to_char(STAT_VALUE,'999G999G999G999G990',' NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS = ''.,''')||'< / b>'
       ELSE
         '< b >'||to_char(STAT_VALUE)||'< / b>'
     END  SVE
   FROM #OWNER#.XE_STATS
  WHERE ((STAT_DATE = :P50_SD) AND (#OWNER#.tool.get_lang='en') )
ORDER BY IDis returning this error
report error:
ORA-01008: not all variables boundIf I remove replace line (for both languages) to
"STAT_TEXT ST" and "STAT_TEXT_E ST"
then no error occurre and data are shown as now on our public web page.
Data can be seen on "http://www.sda.hr/portal/f?p=100:50:2050231142043526::NO", and can be downloaded as CSV as well to test.
I want to replace " --" with "</ b>" and "-- " with "< b >". But problem with replace is that pattern " --" that makes an error. Do not know if this Oracle 10g error or Apex one (where I have tested that).
Please any respond ...

Answer 1

In some cases you need to change a bind variable reference to v() notation as explained in the Release Notes:
3.6 Problems with Queries Containing a Bind Variable and a String with Two Dashes
Creating a report region based on a query that contains a string with two dashes may hinder the Application Express Engine’s ability to handle item bind variable references. Consider the following example:  SELECT ename, job, sal, comm, deptno
  FROM emp
  WHERE instr ('-'||'-dash-'||'-','uu') = 0
  AND deptno = :P18_X
  AND 1 = 1Workaround:
You can correct this behavior by changing the bind variable format. For example, to correct this issue in the previous example you would change :P18_X to v('P18_X').
Scott