Column Link is not working on a Manual Tabular Form

Question

Hello,
I am having some issues creating a link on a column based on a manual tabular form (I am using Apex 4.1.1.00.27, Oracle DB 10.2.0.5.0):
On my page 1, I created a process that deletes and creates a collection based on the “emp” table; then, I have a manual tabular form based on that collection; and finally, a link on the “deptno” column of the manual tabular form that points to my Page 2 (department form) and it’s passing the parameter P2_DEPTNO:#DEPTNO#.
The problem is that when I press the link, the page is not submitting the DEPTNO value. Also, I notice that as soon as I specify the column as a link column, it does not show the value in my tabular form, but if I remove the link, it shows the value correctly.
I created an example on apex.oracle.com in case some of you want to look into it:
Workspace: EDIAZJORGE
Username: test
Password: test123
App Name: Sample App
App Number: 12231
I appreciate any ideas or suggestions on how to solve this issue.
Thank you,
Erick

Answer 1

Hello,
Try following code
SELECT APEX_ITEM.HIDDEN(1,C001) EMPNO,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(2,C002) ENAME,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(3,C003) JOB,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(4,C004) MGR,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(5,C005) HIREDATE,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(6,C006) SAL,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(7,C007) COMM,
       '&lt;a href="f?p=&APP_ID.:2:&APP_SESSION.:::2:P2_DEPTNO:'||C008||'"><img src="/i/ws/small_page.gif"></a>' DEPTNO
FROM APEX_COLLECTIONS
WHERE COLLECTION_NAME = 'EMP_COLLECTION'
UNION ALL
SELECT APEX_ITEM.HIDDEN(1,NULL) EMPNO,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(2,NULL) ENAME,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(3,NULL) JOB,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(4,NULL) MGR,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(5,NULL) HIREDATE,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(6,NULL) SAL,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(7,NULL) COMM,
       APEX_ITEM.TEXT(8,NULL) DEPTNO      
FROM DUALFor existing data, it will display as link and for new data, it will still display as text box.
Please note that you should display DEPTNO as standard column and not as LINK.
Regards,
Hari
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