APEX 4.0.2 Multi-selection on a cascade LOV select list only pass 1 value

Hello everyone,
I am struggling to make a cascading LOV select list has multi-selection.
On one report page.
I have 2 select list
The first one lists the court name (P4_COURT_NAME), the second one (P4_DEFENDANT) list all defendants who currently engaged in the court.
The problem is when I allow the defendant select list become multi-select, when it submit it only pass the first selected value.
So I create just a simple select list based one list of value, and make it allow multi-selection. When it submit, the normal select list can pass selected values properly, while the cascade LOV select list pass only the first selected value.
Please help if any of you have an idea why.
We use APEX 4.0.2.00.07, Oracle data version iis 11g
The some configuration settings I set for the P4_DEFENDANT IS
Value required: Yes
Page Action When value changed: None
Allow Multi Selection: Yes
Named LOV: --Select Named LOV-
Display Extra value : Yes
Display Null Value: Yes
Null Display Value: --Select—
Null return value:
Cascading LOV Parents Items: P4_COURT_NAME
Page Items to Submit: P4_DEFENDANT
Optimize refresh: YES
List of value definition
SELECT def.first_name || ' ' || def.surname || ' (PRN: ' || def.prn || ' )' as d, def.def_id as r
FROM defendant def INNER JOIN court_engagement ce
ON def.def_id = ce.defendant_id
WHERE (ce.date_joined_aodt_court IS NOT NULL
AND (ce.date_terminated IS NULL OR to_date(ce.date_terminated,'dd/mm/yyyy') > to_date(sysdate,'dd/mm/yyyy'))
AND UPPER(ce.court_name) LIKE UPPER(:P4_COURT_NAME)
AND ce.active = 1)Source Used: Only when current value in session state is null
Source Type: Static Assignment
Maintain session state: Per session
The rest is default.
Thanks in advance.
Ann

Hi Chintan,
The "Source used" for those items are "Always, replacing any value in the session state". To set them to "Only when current value in session state null" sounds a good solution to me.
However, a strange thing just happened - now I will not lose the values of the items after the page reloading, although I have changed nothing in the page in my application since I asked the question. I don't understand why all of a sudden the reloading doesn't make me lose changed values any more. Let me dig it tomorrow to see what I'll find.
Thanks so much for your help.
Christine

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