Can't get column link in report to work

Question

I'm trying to get a column link in a report to work and I keep on getting the error "Query cannot be parsed, please check the syntax of your query. (ORA-00972: identifier is too long)" The code looks like this:
SELECT IDDR_NAME AS EDIT, IDDR_NAME AS VIEW_DETAILS, IDDR_NAME,
       IDDR_VINTAGE_YEAR, DATE_DUE, DATE_SUBMITTED,
       SUMMARY_DESCRIPTION, RSTATUS, SSTATUS,
       '<a href='"'||:APP_ID||':287'||:APP_SESSION||'">'||link||'</a>'
FROM IDDRI've tried the above and other variations of link syntax that I found in other posts on the forum but everything seems to give me an error. I need to put think link into the code because it will eventually be a conditional link.
Thanks
- Brian

Answer 1

Thanks for the replies.
After I posted, I tried something a little different that is sort of working. I tried making my link like so:
'<a href=''f?p=&APP_ID.:287:&SESSION.::&DEBUG.">LINK</a>'(The '#' is really a double quote but I had to make it like that for the forum...)
When I use the above link syntax with a SQL query it works. The problem is, I need to use a PL/SQL function returning n SQL query. When I try the same link syntax with that, it seems to think :287 is a bind variable.
I get the error message:
(ORA-20001: Unable to bind :287 verify length of item is 30 bytes or less. Use v() syntax to reference items longer than 30 bytes. ORA-01006: bind variable does not exist)
Thanks again
- Brian