Automatic Mapping Process

Guys, is there any way to make the automatic mapping process in OWB ?
So, we needn't have to start the mapping process manually but otherwise it would start when the source schema have a new data (in my case : a new data in a view).
Thanks in advance,
Davis

Based on the initial statement that this wants to be triggered when new data is discovered in a view, this - to me - implies that there is a single view and probably just one or two mappings that he want to run when the data changes, and that this new data is arriving at an indeterminate time.
You could always write a simple little pl/sql program that checks the view for new data, and when new data is found manually calls the mapping (lots of threads here on calling mappings from PL/SQL if you don't know how), and when not found exits.
You then just schedule this program to run every hour, or 15 minutes, or whatever, and let it go. When new data appears, it will be loaded through the mapping next time the schedule runs.
Just a thought on a fairly simple solution.
Mike

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I recently had to add a check to lock down the fields using the read only condition where a record has been 'approved'. So, I turned off all of the fields and hid the update button.
Now they want me to check to see if the user is a manager, and if so, allow them to see the update button, and make a single field on the form modifiable.
I have the user identified as a manager, and can make the field accept the change (a yes/no combo box). Yet when they click the update button, the form just sits there. A branch is supposed to fire on hitting that button, taking them back to the previous report, but it doesn't happen. The source of the combo box in question uses a column on the table, and works fine when the form has all of the fields showing for modification.
I had some validations that I finally set to never fire, thinking that they were failing and just not giving the error messages. I know a bad sql or pl/sql atatement in a validation will cause the form to just keep sitting there doing nothing, and thought it might help.
Several of the various fields are combo boxes, several are text boxes.
I'm stumped.
Shall I keep the regular update button hidden whether it is a manager or not (because it has been 'approved'), and enable a new button that fires off a process to update the one field that the manager may want to change? Does making a field 'read only' always have a detrimental effect on the auto processes I've been counting on? Is that if fact what is happening now?
Thanks in advance for any advice or comments on this.
Clayton

Hi, Scott.
My version is 3.0.0.00.20
I have received info to set up the application, though I have not activated it as yet. I'm reluctant to try to load up the various tables to make it work. It could be done.
My workaround is to that the user (a manager) fires off to another form to show an individual record, and ask if he/she really wants to make this change. On submit, they will be taken back to the original locked down form, and I will update the single field in that process of returning them. This will actually be a plus, in that I expect to show them all of the 'duplicate' entries for that item, and show them that by 'activating' this particular item, they will 'deactivate' the one duplicate that is currently active. Or, if they are deactivating the sole item that is active, that there will in fact be no active items in the system. Convoluted as heck, but they swear this is how they've been doing business with their briefcases and file cabinets of Excel files. I'm surprise they even float at this point (these are ships we're talking about).
This all may be due to the form originally having a next/previous/count process once arrived at my clicking on the edit button of the report of items. All of that has been hidden away, and though the fields exist of the form, they are not used. They only see the current item that they clicked on from the report.
I read up a little on session state, as well as posts with the debug error I was getting. I'm still not on board with the whole issue of 'state'. Items stay as they are until they're changed, no? I suppose that sounds simplistic.
One of the things that caught my eye was several combo box lists that on read only mode, showed [] square brackets. Which, in some cases is okay.
What I'll try to do is set up a public application - for future use if nothing else. I'm going to be working on this for awhile. I have more than a bit of work to do to cleanse the data as well as get rid of the single sign on requirement (I'll assume that I should have to do this) in order to share the app.
I know you're expecting me to have this up and running for you to look at, but I'm under the gun. And they actually like my workaround.
I'll keep everybody informed, one way or another.
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Processing Static (via automatic row processing) & Dynmaic fields

Hi,
I have a page that has 2 sections. Section S is statically driven which I'd like to process via a Automatic Row Process DML. Section D is for dynamic fields which I process via a PL/SQL script.
I need to process Section D (dynamic) first.
Now they're 2 things that I'm noticing when I try this. Can someone please confirm.
- After my process of Section D it seems to make a commit. I know this since I have a error in Section S, and the values from Section D are committed to the DB. I need to make sure a commit only occurs after all page processes have completed error free.
- My Automatic Row Process DML for Section S doesn't seem to work at all. It can't seem to read the values at all. I know this since I have several columns which are "NOT NULL" and the appropriate error messages are being raised. The Automatic Row Fetch for Section S does work properly.
For the time being the work around is writing a process for the entire page which includes both Section S and Section D. The thing is I thought that HTMLDB would be able to help me out a lot with Section S since it had static fields etc.

Martin - I would try to debug these two processes separately. If the Auto DML process isn't firing, perhaps the button used to submit the page isn't setting the request to one of the standard values recognized by the Auto DML package ('INSERT','CREATE','CREATE_AGAIN','CREATEAGAIN' for inserts and 'SAVE','APPLY CHANGES','UPDATE','UPDATE ROW','CHANGE','APPLY' or like 'APPLY%CHANGES%' for update).
A commit happens whenever session state is changed, so if your process saves an item value, that would do it. If you think that is not the cause of the commit, let me know the details of the process and I'll take a closer look. There is no way to prevent the commit when session state is updated.
Scott

Without Automatic Row Processing (DML)

Hi All
I try to make one page to show use DML statements without standard Automatic Row Process.
What I have:
One page with:
region: Report - select empno, ename, sal, deptno from emp;
region: Form with items: p6_empn, p6_ename, p6_sal, p6_deptno
addictionaly in that moment I have:
process CreateProcess:
begin
insert into emp (empno, ename, sal, deptno)
values (emp_seq.nextval, :P6_ENAME, :P6_SAL, :P6_DEPTNO);
commit;
end;
and button CREATE.
Create Process is fired when I push CREATE button and Insert statement works corecctly. Branch is on the same page. (I use request).
Now I would like to show update and delete statements.
In Report I have in column EMPNO standard button Edit (each row)
(<img src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#edit.gif" alt="Edit">)
I have process SelectProcess:
begin
select ename,sal,deptno
into :p6_ename, :p6_sal, :p6_deptno
from emp
where empno = :p6_empno;
end;
It is fired In Load _ Before Header
When I push Edit in one row I would like to see details of employee in Form, but I see nothing. In session state all is correct - I see :p6.... with name, sal and ...
I dont know how to connect this process with buton and branch.
could you help me?

Hi,
I have done a quick test for this - [http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=25946:1]
On the Edit page, I have a process called P2_LOAD_DATA that runs "On Load - Before Header", is conditional on P2_EMPNO being NOT NULL and using the following code:
BEGIN
SELECT EMPNO, ENAME, JOB
INTO :P2_EMPNO, :P2_ENAME, :P2_JOB
FROM EMP
WHERE EMPNO = :P2_EMPNO;
END;I have a button with a Button Name setting of "UPDATE" (user sees this as Apply Changes)
I then have a process that runs "On Submit - After Computations and Validations" and is conditional on REQUEST = UPDATE. The code is:
BEGIN
UPDATE EMP
SET ENAME = :P2_ENAME,
JOB = :P2_JOB
WHERE EMPNO = :P2_EMPNO;
END;The source settings on P2_EMPNO, P2_ENAME and P2_JOB are as I described in my previous post.
One thing to check - do you have a "reset page" process? If so, remove it.
Andy

Adding a new field to an Automatic Row Processing form

Hi,
I have a form that I built through the form Wizard which has an automatic row processing function. It is working very well, except that any new fields I add to the form are not being updated in the database when the row is processed. I have set up the field exactly the same as other fields which are working and were originaly created by the wizard. I have deleted and recreated the row processing Page Process, but nothing seems to make it work. Have I missed anything? I don't want to recreate my page from scratch each time I want to add a new field.
Thanks,
Steve

if you're positive that your new fields/columns update correctly when you use Text Field items and not when you use Select List ones, i'd check to see what your select lists are returning. a good way to see exactly what your form got from your select list items is to check the session state for your select list items right after you submit your page (clicking the "Session" link in your developer toolbar in your runtime environment is a good way to get to this info). also, even though you said your added Text Fields work and your Select Lists don't, i'd still check the "Source Type" and "Source value or expression" fields of your select list items to make sure they're set correctly. for form items to work with your table in htmldb auto-dml processing, you need to set the "Source Type" to "Database Column" and the "Source value or expression" to the case-sensitive name of your db column.
hope this helps,
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Solved: Delete Using Automatic Row Processing

See Scott's reply below for the answer.
Hi there,
I have an application built in APEX 3.0.1 that I would like to be able to use a button to delete a single row from an underlying database table (owned by the parsing schema).
My APEX page has a 3 HTML regions on it:
1. Only a Select List and Go button for User selection (of Debit Note)
2. Ten display Items (Text Field, Disabled saves state) displaying further information about User selection
3. Conditional Delete button (region with custom image) - only displays when P73_DEBITNOTEID is NOT NULL
I'd like this button to be used to Delete the Selected Item and thought I'd be able to use a Data Manipulation Page Process - Automatic Row Processing (DML) page process to do this.
However, when I go through the wizard the Select item containing primary key column value field has no values in the search list.
My first question is why was there no values in the list?
So I manually entered the Item I required (P73_DEBITNOTEID) but when I run the page and click the button I get a PL/SQL missing expression error.
What is the best practice method to do DML actions on the underlying database tables. The tables are all owned by the parsing schema.
Your help in resolving this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Gary.

Gary,
The DML processes (and the creation wizards for them) are for use with items having source type Database Column. If your page items don't use this source type, then neither the Automated Row Fetch nor the Automatic Row Processesing (DML) process types will work.
Scott

Understanding "automatic row processing"

hi,
i have problems understanding automatic row processing in apex.
at first i thought there is a relation between page process (fetch row, insert, update,...) and page items / reports.
something like: Item P1_TESTTEXTBOX (Source=Database Column => "TESTCOLUMN") referes to process "FETCH ROW FROM TESTTABLE"
but i havent found any relation.
then i thought there is a "global pool of database columns" (fetched, inserted, updated by a page processes)... when a fetch process loads data from a db-table, all columns from this table are stored in a "dictionary"...but this also didnt seems to be right.
i did some testing to understand the (row fetch) behavior but there a still some questions:
- i created 2 Processes (Data Manipulation -> Row Fetch) in "After Header" on 2 different Database tables but each with a Column "TESTCOLUMN" (for testing^^) . It didn't work properly: it seems that only one fetch process is executed .
I'm still not quite sure how automatic row processing (fetch, insert, update) is working...
are there any explanation about this issue? i havent found any information that goes into detail.

ok, some testing later i come to the conclusion that the automatic row processing works like this:
when a row (fetch) process starts, ALL binded Page Items (Source Type=Database Column) tries to load their data from the current fetch-process.
i tried to add 2 different Regions containing some Page Items (TextBox) that binds to a Database Column.
* Region1 should contain Artikle-Information (refers to DB-Table Article)
* Region2 should contain Article-Detail Informations (refers to DB-Table ArticleDetails)
i am not able to create 2 Row fetch processes in 1 page, because i got an error when the first row-fetch process starts "Column [XY] not found in table [YZ]"
obviously there is no way to "link" processes to regions, reports or page items.
or is it possible to create 2 regions (in 1 page) with automated row processing, that refers to different tables ? (region1/report1 => DBTable1, region2/report2 => DBTable2)?
(the only way i see is that i create a view that contains these 2 DBTables, so i only need one row fetch process for this page)
thanks in advance
rene...

Automatic Row Processing?

Hi,
I have a requirement to create forms that insert into multiple tables and returns items from multiple tables. What are my options? Can I still use automatic row processing and fetching?
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Automatic row processing insert fail

Hi all,
Application Express 3.2.1.00.11
Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
I am running into a problem where my automatic row processing will update and delete records but will not insert. I get the following error.
ORA-44003: invalid SQL nameI disabled all triggers and added the appropriate fields to my form and manually entered correct data and am still having the issue. I can run a trace but only the dba has access to retrieve the file and he is gone. Any suggestions on where to start? i checked debug mode and it is definitely hanging on the ARP.
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All,
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Dear Experts,
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Problems with pre-mapping process operator in owb 9i

Hi,
I was trying to use the pre-mapping process operator in owb 9i. Problem is that the manual does not specify how the inputs need to be connected to this operator.
Following is what I went through -
I created a mapping table operator and a mapping dimension operator and connected these two. Then i created a pre-mapping process operator selecting the LTRIM function. Further I connected one of the table attributes to this pre-mapping operator as input and connected the output of this pre-mapping operator to the appropriate dimension operator attribute.
On performing Validate, following error message was flashed -
VLD-2451 : Illegal connection to pre-mapping process operator
I am trying to learn how to use OWB 9i from the manual. So my interpretation of the use of the pre-mapping process operator may be wrong.
In any case kindly help,
Thanks,
Saju

Pre-mapping process is use to perform some operations preceding to mapping operation itself.
For example, if your mapping is designed to incrementally append data to table for the definite time interval (witch is a parameter of the map operation) you might want to perform the table data cleanup for that period. That will allow for reload data number of time.
In this case you have to define the procedure witch perform cleanup and than include the call to that procedure as a pre-mapping process.
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Problems with pre-mapping process in owb 9i

Hi,
I was trying to use the pre-mapping process operator in owb 9i. Problem is that the manual does not specify how the inputs need to be connected to this operator.
Following is what I went through -
I created a mapping table operator and a mapping dimension operator and connected these two. Then i created a pre-mapping process operator selecting the LTRIM function. Further I connected one of the table attributes to this pre-mapping operator as input and connected the output of this pre-mapping operator to the appropriate dimension operator attribute.
On performing Validate, following error message was flashed -
VLD-2451 : Illegal connection to pre-mapping process operator
I am trying to learn how to use OWB 9i from the manual. So my interpretation of the use of the pre-mapping process operator may be wrong.
In any case kindly help,
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If you want to use LTRIM, there are 2 supported ways:
1) use an expression, this means you feed the column you want to do the expression on into the expression operator, open the code editor and select from the transformations (or type ltrim......) and then link the result to the target object
2) use a transformation operator, choose ltrim from the Oracle library and connect the operator as I stated in use case 1
We do not encourage you to use a filter to do transformations, it is better to use the operators that are intended for transformations.
Thanks,
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