Column order in SQL Query (PL/SQL function returning a query)

Question

Hi,
when I define a PL/SQL function returning a query inside a region, I often find that the column order is arbitrarily changed.
How do I enforce the column order ?
Bye,
Flavio

Answer 1

I removed the 11th column called service_name from this dynamic query: and now the report says: report error:
ORA-01403: no data found. I messed around with the Headiuns Type. It was set to Custom. I changed it to Column Names. There is no difference.
I am not sure how to fix?
declare topqry varchar2(32000);
whereqry varchar2(32000);
finalqry varchar2(32000);
var_status varchar2(100);
division_status varchar2(50);
office_status varchar2(1000);
user_status varchar2(1000);
overdue_status varchar2(1000);
begin
if :P10_FALLBACK = 'All' then
var_status:= ' and vp.status in (''FA'',''FBA'',''FBI'',''25%'',''50%'',''90%'',''Closed'') ';
elsif :P10_FALLBACK = 'Active' then
var_status:= ' and vp.status in (''FA'',''25%'',''50%'',''90%'',''FBA'') ';
elsif :P10_FALLBACK = 'FB' then
var_status:= ' and vp.status in (''FBA'',''FBI'') ';
elsif :P10_FALLBACK = 'Closed' then
var_status:= ' and vp.status in (''Closed'') ';
elsif :P10_FALLBACK = 'Inactive' then
var_status:= ' and vp.status in (''FBI'') ';
end if;
if :P10_DIVISION = 'All' then
division_status:= ' and vp.vms_division in (''News'',''Ad Services'') ';
elsif :P10_DIVISION = 'News' then
division_status:= ' and vp.vms_division in (''News'') ';
elsif :P10_DIVISION = 'Ad' then
division_status:= ' and vp.vms_division in (''Ad Services'') ';
end if;
if :P10_OFFICE = '%' then
office_status:= ' and OFFICE_ID in (select office
from VMS_OFFICE_ACCESS
where user_id = lower(:P0_user) ) ';
else
office_status:= ' and OFFICE_ID in :P10_OFFICE ';
end if;
if :P10_LIMIT_USER = '%' then
user_status := ' and SALESPERSON in (select first_name || '' '' || last_name
from VMS_PROSPECT_users u
join vms_office_access o
on u.office_id = OFFICE
where o.user_id = lower(:P0_USER) ) ';
else
user_status:= ' and SALESPERSON in (:P10_LIMIT_USER ) ';
end if;
if :P10_SHOW_OVERDUE = 'Show' then
overdue_status:= ' and target_close_date <= sysdate ';
var_status:= ' and vp.status in (''25%'',''50%'',''90%'',''FBA'') ';
else
overdue_status:= ' and FIRST_APPOINTMENT between
nvl(to_date(:P10_FIRST_APPT_START, ''mm/dd/yyyy''),FIRST_APPOINTMENT) and
nvl(to_date(:P10_FIRST_APPT_END,''mm/dd/yyyy''),FIRST_APPOINTMENT) ';
end if;
topqry := 'SELECT OFFICE_ID ,vp.PROSPECT_ID ,ENTRY_DATE ,ACCOUNT , NEXT_CONTACT_DATE ,ACTION_STEP ,
TARGET_CLOSE_DATE ,vp.STATUS ,SALESPERSON ,vp.SALES_TYPE ,service_name , FIRST_APPOINTMENT ,MODIFY_DATE ,EST_ANNUAL_REVENUE ,EST_INCREMENTAL_REVENUE ,
pi.NOTES , pi.SALES_TYPE ,pi.STATUS ,Contact ,Origin_Source FROM VMS_PROSPECTING_ITEMS pi right outer join VMS_PROSPECTS vp on vp.PROSPECT_ID = pi.PROSPECT_ID left outer join VMS_SERVICES vs on vs.service_ID = pi.service_ID where 1 = 1 ';
whereqry := ' and (not exists (select *
from VMS_PROSPECTING_ITEMS i3
where vp.prospect_id = i3.prospect_id)
or exists (select *
from VMS_PROSPECTING_ITEMS i2
where i2.order_id = pi.order_id
and active = ''Y'' )) and instr(upper(ACCOUNT),upper(nvl(:P10_ACCOUNT,ACCOUNT))) > 0 ';
whereqry := whereqry || var_status || division_status || office_status || user_status || overdue_status;
finalqry := topqry || whereqry;
return finalqry ;
end;