APEX_ITEM.DATE_POPUP problems in 3.1 (already visible in 3.0)

Hello Everybody,
I'm completely new to the forum and not sure if you discussed that before... Sorry and please ignore my message if that is the case.
My development using SQL reports based on collections is blocked because of problems with a date picker generated by apex_item.date_popup call.
I created a small application illustrating the problem:
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=21782:1
The first two reports presented there are based on sql based on the collection:
select apex_item.display_and_save(1,c001) name
,apex_item.date_popup(2,rownum,to_date(c002,'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS'),'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS',20,19) hiredate
from apex_collections
where collection_name = 'TESTCOL'
In the first case date popup allows to open a new window but you cannot return value to the field.
I discovered (second case) that when you change format to 'DD-MM-YYYY' and call API like follows : apex_item.date_popup(2,rownum,to_date(c002,'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS'),'DD-MM-YYYY',20,19)
then the value is returned to the field. However in this case it is returned to the wrong row !!!!!! It looks like it is confused by sorting.
I explained the steps in the application itself to illustrate it.
Can anybody help ?
Piotr

Scott, Thanks for you kind answer. I had a look at the application that you indicated: 19508.
Unfortunately I cannot use the solution.
You propose to define a date picker at the report level. Of course it works in this simple
application, however my real application generates (depending on data) different item types
for the same column. For example one row of that column can have apex_item.date_popup and
the other has apex_item.display_and_save.
Performing sorting during "create_collection_from_query_b" is not good for me neither (in my
application I have possibility of adding rows which I commit afterwards). In that case I tried to sort the collection using APEX_COLLECTION.SORT_MEMBERS but then .... I could
sort only on one column and I need of course more than one ...
For a moment a can see only one solution: to write my own calendar (and other POPUP functions) returning value to the APEX_ITEM.TEXT. Of course it's a lot of work .... for a workaround.
Are there any plans at Oracle to fix that "long-standing" issue ?

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