Calling confirm function from PLSql

Question

Hi:
I have a button on a form. When the button is clicked, a stored procedure is called and display a confirmation box to the user. If the answer is "ok", I want to call a SQL report using the portal30.wwa_app_module.set_target(). If the answer is "cancel", I want to stop form processing.
I have the following code. It is calling the stored procedure and displaying the confirmation box correctly. But it is not calling portal30.wwa_app_module.set_target() when answered "ok".
1. ... before displaying the page
htp.p('<script language="javascript">');
htp.p('
function confirmFunction(msg)
if (confirm(msg)){
return true;
return false;
function callPLSQL(msg)
frm = document.getElementById("frame1");
if (frm)
frm.src="/pls/portal30/getcount.store_proc_name?v="+msg;
return true;
htp.p('</script>');
2. ..after displaying the form
htp.p('<iframe id="frame1" src="#x" style="display:none"></iframe>');
3. OnClick of the button:
return callPLSQL('This is a test. Do you wish to continue?');
4. Custom PL/SQL Button Event Handler:
declare
vdept number :=null;
begin
vdept := p_session.get_value_as_NUMBER(
p_block_name =>'DEFAULT',
p_attribute_name => 'A_DEPTNO');
portal30.wwa_app_module.set_target(portal30.wwctx_api.get_server_protocol
||'://'
||portal30.wwctx_api.get_host
||portal30.wwctx_api.get_script_prefix
||'/'
||portal30.wwctx_api.get_dad_name
||'/'
||'DEPT_RPT.show?p_arg_names=deptnumber&p_arg_values='
               ||vdept, 'CALL' );
end;
Please help...
Thanks,
Annie

Answer 1

The previous post got garbled due to the < and > characters in the url.
Trying again :-
portal30.wwctx_api.get_server_protocol ||'://' ||portal30.wwctx_api.get_host ||portal30.wwctx_api.get_script_prefix ||'/' ||portal30.wwctx_api.get_dad_name ||'/' ||'DEPT_RPT.show?p_arg_names=deptnumber&p_arg_values=' ||vdept
will generate
http://&ltyour-host&gt/&ltusually-pls&gt/&ltdad-name&gt/DEPT_RPT.show?p_arg_names=deptnumber&p_arg_values=&ltdept-no&gt
where as it should have been
http://&ltyour-host&gt/&ltusually-pls&gt/&ltdad-name&gt/&ltapplication-schema&gt.DEPT_RPT.show?p_arg_names=deptnumber&p_arg_values=&ltdept-no&gt
However, you can achieve this very simply as :-
portal30.wwa_app_module.set_target(
portal30.wwctx_api.get_proc_path(p_url => 'DEPT_RPT.show?p_arg_names=deptnumber&p_arg_values='||vdept,
p_schema => '<application-schema>'),
'CALL');
The function wwctx_api.get_proc_path() internally calls all that is required to form the url.
On second thoughts, why do you need to call a pl/sql procedure to display a confirm box ?
Infact you do not need <iframe> too.
I think the following will work too :-
1> For your button, put the following javascript for the onClick javascript event :-
if (!confirm('This is a test. Do you wish to continue?')) return false;
2> For the Custom PL/SQL Button Event Handler, use the following code :-
declare
vdept number :=null;
begin
vdept := p_session.get_value_as_NUMBER(
p_block_name =>'DEFAULT',
p_attribute_name => 'A_DEPTNO');
portal30.wwa_app_module.set_target(
portal30.wwctx_api.get_proc_path(p_url => 'DEPT_RPT.show?p_arg_names=deptnumber&p_arg_values='||vdept,
p_schema => '<application-schema>'),
'CALL');
end;
NOTE:-
======
1> replace <application-schema> with the name of the schema where you have created the DEPT_RPT report
2> make sure that deptnumber is the name of the bind variable used in the report