Custom report Error Rendering Element

Question

I have created a new category and subcategory called:
C2Reports
GSORTS
Then under the subcategory I have created a report called GSORT_QC.
Next I added an element that is a TABLE FROM SQL and I have edited it to put in
the code. It works fine when I do the following:
Select SQL and enter the following statement:
Select sysdate as "DATE" from dual;
However, when I try to do anything with a PL/SQL block of code it doesn't comes
back with the above error in this SR. Here's what I'm entering in the PL/SQL
block:
BEGIN
select sysdate from dual;
END;
I've tried to get anything to work in a PL/SQL block and nothing seems to work.
Could you give me an example of something? I've tried to search the internet
for information and it is very limited.
Also, another question is......
is there any way to get the output from a sqlplus script to display under
reports? We have some reports written in sqlplus scripts and would like to see
the output under the Reports section of Grid Control if at all possible. I
couldn't see any category that would handle that. Please advise on this
question also.
Please give me an example of a PL/SQL block that I can run under the Reports, Add
Element, selecting an element of "Table using SQL", then edit the parameters
under that element, select PL/SQL block.......what do I put in the window? I
cannot get anything to work where I enter the PL/SQL block of code.

Answer 1

For your first question, you can use this example:
begin
open ??EMIP_BIND_RESULTS_CURSOR?? for select sysdate "current date" from dual;
end;
And set the statement type to pl/sql in the edit Table from SQL parameters UI.
At run time, the ??EMIP_BIND_RESULTS_CURSOR?? is bound to a cursor object and the result set from that cursor is shown in the table in the UI. The EM Extensibility Guide privides some examples of using ??EMIP_BIND parameters.
Regarding the second question, there are two issues:
1) Table from SQL queries are limited to database objects visible to the MGMT_VIEW database user.
2) I'm not sure if you can invoke a SQLPlus script from PL/SQL, but if you could it may work using a PL/SQL wrapper. This is probably a long shot.
Regards,
Leslie