Column nightmares

I am trying to create a datasheet that has two sections, each with two columns. The top section has variable column widths, so I can put a wide logo in the left column and a quick bullet list right justified in the right column. The second section is even column widths and is for the datasheet text. I am encountering three problems:
* I need to "feather" the text column, so that the bottom of both columns line up. I used to be able to do this in Framemaker by setting Feathering to ON, in which case Frame would "expand" the space between paragraphs until the last line of each column was pushed to the bottom of that column. Is there a way to do this in AW?
* I keep getting a gap on the right side of the column in the text section. I've tried to set the column width and "space between columns" so that they exactly equal the width of that section (margin to margin) but AW changes my values after I type them. It appears as if the "space between columns" is acting like "space after columns" and is putting the "gap" after both columns, leaving me with a space on the right side of the right column that I can't get rid of.
* I try to set the column and space between widths to exactly what I want but AW changes my values. I double checked that I am entering values that together total the width of the section, but AW is still changing them. This problem is related to the bullet above -- I'm trying to set the column widths and space between to total section width but the values change after I type them.
Help!
I sure miss Framemaker......

Hello
I explained many times the described oddity.
The algorithm used to compute column widths is wrong;
When trying to define to equal columns, it uses
columnWidth = (printable width / 2) - gutter
when it would use
columnWidth = (printable width - gutter) / 2
This is an old bug and, as AppleWorks will certainly no longer evolve we will have to live with it.
Happily, there is a workaround described (for an other purpose) in the help:
Modifying column width and spacing quickly
To quickly modify column width and spacing without using the Section dialog box:
Press the Option key while positioning the pointer over a column border so that the pointer changes to this double arrow:
Then drag the column border to a new position.
To quickly change the relative width of two columns without changing their combined width or the space between them, without using the Section dialog box:
Press the Option key while positioning the pointer between column borders so that the pointer changes to this double arrow:
Then drag the space between the columns (not the column border) to a new position.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE 13 octobre 2005 10:37:15)

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Are you intending this as a commercial solution or a work around?
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http://www.trueaudiophile.com/

phrarod wrote:
Ugh. I didn't see there was other #Footer in that style sheet
Hardly surprising to be honest, I almost gave up looking too.
phrarod wrote:
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I have developed a BI report with more number of parameters.
Case 1:
When i run my report , I am able to see data for particular condition but one column doesn't show any thing. All the rows in the column are blank.
Case 2
I tried to put the blank column as parameter, The Program works with out displaying that column data.
I am not sure where it is going wrong. I tried running the code in toad and i am able to see the data.
I have checked the code, Parameter description, length, Template and data definition.
Please help.
Thanks,
Sreekanth

Hi ,
For that column did u changed any alias name in the query...
check ur template once by loading the xml data...
check that column form field that matches with the xml tag or not..
Thanks,
Ananth

Query help: query to return column that represents multiple rows

I have a table with a name and location column. The same name can occur multiple times with any arbitrary location, i.e. duplicates are allowed.
I need a query to find all names that occur in both of two separate locations.
For example,
bob usa
bob mexico
dot mexico
dot europe
hal usa
hal europe
sal usa
sal mexico
The query in question, if given the locations usa and mexico, would return bob and sal.
Thanks for any help or advice,
-=beeky

How about this?
SELECT NAME
FROM    <LOCATIONS_TABLE>
WHERE   LOCATION IN ('usa','mexico')
GROUP BY NAME
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT LOCATION) >= 2Results:
SQL> WITH person_locations AS
2 (
3          SELECT 'bob' AS NAME, 'USA' AS LOCATION FROM DUAL UNION ALL
4          SELECT 'bob' AS NAME, 'Mexico' AS LOCATION FROM DUAL UNION ALL
5          SELECT 'dot' AS NAME, 'Mexico' AS LOCATION FROM DUAL UNION ALL
6          SELECT 'dot' AS NAME, 'Europe' AS LOCATION FROM DUAL UNION ALL
7          SELECT 'hal' AS NAME, 'USA' AS LOCATION FROM DUAL UNION ALL
8          SELECT 'hal' AS NAME, 'Europe' AS LOCATION FROM DUAL UNION ALL
9          SELECT 'sal' AS NAME, 'USA' AS LOCATION FROM DUAL UNION ALL
10          SELECT 'sal' AS NAME, 'Mexico' AS LOCATION FROM DUAL
11 )
12 SELECT NAME
13 FROM    person_locations
14 WHERE   LOCATION IN ('USA','Mexico')
15 GROUP BY NAME
16 HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT LOCATION) >= 2
17 /
NAM
bob
salHTH!
Edited by: Centinul on Oct 15, 2009 2:25 PM
Added sample results.

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