Changing contents of Report column

Question

Hi,
I am trying to implement basic edit-in-place feature in my report. The way it should work is that when user clicks on any column, the column becomes editable and user then is allowed to changed the text. When the user is done, he clicks on save to save the changes. The changes are then saved to database using AJAX calls and the change is reflected on the page also.
I am able to save the changes to database. but I am not able to change the text in the report column.
The way I am doing it is as follows:
each column in the report is of the form:
< td >< div onclick="somescript" > text < /div > < input type="text" > < /input> < /td >
I toggle the visibility of the div and input tags based on user click.
when user clicks on a column, <div> is hidden and <input> is shown. user changes the text and clicks save. At this time, AJAX calls are made to update the database and <input> is hidden and <div> is shown again.
But before <div> is made visible, I need to change the original text to the new value. Is there any way this text can be changed?
You can see the short example at:
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=22112:19:152048373623770:::::
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Message was edited by:
Ketan
Message was edited by:
Ketan
Message was edited by:
Ketan

Answer 1

Hello Ketan,
Please check the following steps . Hope this would help you.
You have to follow the following steps :
1.Create a report , which is updatable.
You can change the report type to SQL Query Updatable report.
2.Go to the report attributes , then click on the edit link of the filed.
3. Make the field 'Display as Text Field '
Report part is done.
In this report region, create two buttons with labels
1) update
2) add row
update you can use to apply changes.
let me explain about add row.
create a process which is of type 'Data Manipulation'.
Make this process run conditional : Say only when add row button is clicked.
Now run the page , the report would display if the query is like
'SELECT id FROM emp'
it would list the ids which exist.
if you press on add row button, one more text box will be added and you can enter some id /data there and press on update ( you have to write process for update ), table would contain the latest data.
This is not exactly what you require.
Here I have used 'ADD ROW ' button to add one text box. and you can add some text there and press update ( you need to create a update process for that particular table )
Your query was based on some link. I think you can change my code as per your requireement.
Any queries , please let me know.
Regards,
Archana Hebbar