Constructing a url from the wwsbr_all_items view

Question

Well the subject says it all! Using the view of items in the portal, how do I construct a url?
If the items are stored as links, the url is in the url field. If items are documents contained within the repository, the url field is blank. At least I think this is correct from what I can tell. So in need to discern their url.
Any assistance is appreciated!

Answer 1

Here's a function I use to do this. From wwsbr_all_items simply pass the function the colums ID and CAID. It will return the url to the document. If you create the function and then try and run it from SQLPlus or something, don't forget to set your SSO context or it will not work.
exec wwctx_api.set_context('portal',[portal web password],NULL);
FUNCTION DOC_PATH_URL(
          P_ITEM_ID IN NUMBER,
          P_CAID IN NUMBER)
     RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
l_return           varchar2(10000);
l_item_name      varchar2(100);
l_folder_id      number;
l_folder_name      varchar2(100);
BEGIN
select wwutl_htf.url_encode(name), folder_id into l_return, l_folder_id from portal.wwsbr_all_items where id = P_ITEM_ID and caid = P_CAID and active = 1 and
is_current_version = 1 and itemtype = 'basefile';
     BEGIN
          WHILE 1=1 LOOP
               select parent_id , name into l_folder_id , l_folder_name from portal.wwsbr_all_folders where id = l_folder_id and caid = P_CAID;
               l_return := l_folder_name || '/' || l_return;
          END LOOP;
          EXCEPTION
               WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
               NULL; -- EXIT LOOP AT NO ROWS FOUND, THIS IS EXPECTED.
     END;
RETURN('/portal/page/portal/' || l_return);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
HTP.P(SQLERRM);
RETURN 'ERROR';
END DOC_PATH_URL;
Edited by: ScottM on Jun 21, 2010 9:22 AM