Change table data without tabular report

Question

Hi,
I am very new the APEX, and PL/SQL for that matter, but hope this is not too newbie.
I am trying to make a page with a report where I can change table values by ediiting text in report columns. I have tried to use tabular report but since my source pl/sql includes a search etc I am not able to write SQL which is accepted as SQL updatable report.... this is my source which works with search:
declare
q varchar(32767);
begin
--Search with no text
if(:p1_report_search IS NULL) then
q := 'select * from tpd_delivery_detail';
--Search According to criteria
else
q := 'select *
from tpd_delivery_detail
where upper(trim(:p1_report_search)) '||:P1_OPERATOR||' upper(trim('||:p1_in||')) ';
end if;
return q;
end;
So my first question is if it is possible to write this as SQL updatable report, and if how?
Then I have a process which start when a button is pressed which is:
declare
l_colA tpd_delivery_detail.status%TYPE;
l_colB tpd_delivery_detail.usr_comment%TYPE;
begin
for i in 1..apex_application.g_f01.count
loop
select status
, usr_comment
into l_colA
, l_colB
from tpd_delivery_detail
where id = apex_application.g_f01(i);
if l_colA != apex_application.g_f12(i) or l_colB != apex_application.g_f13(i) then
update tpd_delivery_detail
set status = apex_application.g_f12(i), usr_comment = apex_application.g_f13(i)
where id = apex_application.g_f01(i);
end if;
end loop;
end;
In the process I try to to see if any of the two updatable columns are changed and needs updating, and if so update. Here my problem is the apex_application.g_f01(i) which when i is a number refering to the row...cant get the apex_application.g_f01(i) to refer to the data in the report.
My question is how I can use the apex_application.g_f (suspect you can only use for tabular report) or if there is another easy way to do the updates I want?
Best regards
Alex

Answer 1

Is it common to implement TDMS without scrambling sensitive data? => This depends on the customer situation , if you feel that you have very sensitive data in sender system and do not want to expose this data to users in receiver system , then for sure scrambling is the way else leave it .
Or to change table auth groups in one system and not in another?=> I do not understand the need of doing this , can you elaborate a bit more .