Delete 'button' on report how to do this?

Question

Hi,
I have a requirement to implement a 'delete' button on a report, but cannot find out how to do it. I found the following site which does exactly what I want, but cannot get to the code to see how the author has done it can any one assist please?
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=40323:32:689305137368050
Thanks inadvance.

Answer 1

Hello:
Let's assume your report query is something similar to
select empno,ename from emp
You do the following
In the Column Attributes for report set the column-link for the 'empno' column to redirect to a URL
Set the URL to be
javascript:doDelete(#EMPNO#);
Create a button named 'DELETE'. Set the button to submit the page and branch back to the same page. Set the button's condition to 'Never'
Create a page-item named 'P1_EMPNO' of type hidden
Create a 'On Submit' pl/sql page process that is conditional on the 'DELETE' button with the following code
  delete from emp where empno=:p1_empno;Add the following javascript in the HTML header <script>
function doDelete(empno) {
   if (confirm('Delete employee ' || empno)) {
      $s('P1_EMPNO',empno)
     doSubmit('DELETE')
</script>varad