Designer pl/sql web forms - 11g compatibility

Quick question for all...
Has anyone attempted or encountered problems when generating Designer pl/sql web forms into 11g database?
thanks!

All my Web PL/SQL generator stuff is in 10g R2. I did have to make sure that I ran the Web PL/SQL installer to make sure I had the latest versions of the WSGL package and its companions.
Why? Are you having a problem?

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I’m working with a third-party product (Banner from Ellucian, formerly Sunguard Higher Education) which involves several large packages working together. Buried deep within all of these package functions/procedures are calls to the standard Oracle HTP and HTP packages, in order to generate HTML dynamically. There are also web cookies and CGI environment variables involved in several package procedures’ logic, so I can’t “fake” the web environment in SQL Developer and have the procedures complete successfully. I have to run the web environment that calls these procedures that generate HTML. The general idea behind what the end result of the code is that a web page is dynamically produced from PL/SQL. The web url would look something like http://.../[packagename].[packageprocedurename] (for example http://localhost/wccregchk.p_check).
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This post pretty much nails what I’m trying to accomplish using SQL Developer, as I’m working with the same Banner product:
http://www.orafaq.com/forum/t/127160/0/
I'd like to be able to remote debug these package procedures/functions in SQL Developer. I've asked the same question to the TOAD people and it's not a supported feature with them. Does anyone have any idea how to do it?
Thanks in advance,
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All my Web PL/SQL generator stuff is in 10g R2. I did have to make sure that I ran the Web PL/SQL installer to make sure I had the latest versions of the WSGL package and its companions.
Why? Are you having a problem?

Web.show_document in Forms 11g

Hi, I've migrating my application from forms 6i to forms 11g.
In my application I use web.show_document to open some document using the http alias defined in httpd.conf under Oracle iSuites Http Server
in httpd.conf I define
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and in my application code
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Hi All,
I am facing some issue while seeing the report using web.show_document as shown below:
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In this case the report opens directly without asking for me to save or open or cancel option
whereas if I hit
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it asks for save or open or cancel option
so that I can save the report to my machine and open in wordpad format
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# Name
# forms.conf - Forms component Apache directives configuration file.
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# Remarks
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AliasMatch ^/workaroundicons/(..*) "/ucrmap1/weblogic/bea/ORA_PFRD/forms/java/$1"
RewriteRule ^/forms/help/(..*) "/workaroundhelp/$1" [PT]
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<Location /forms>
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WebLogicCluster kauh0079:9001
DynamicServerList OFF
</Location>
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Jdeveloper 11g R2 problem when publishing PL\SQL Web Service

Hi Guys,
I have been banging my head against the wall for the past few days trying to publish pl\sql package as a web service on a weblogic 10.3 but I keep running into the same problem.
PL\SQL Package Source below
create type dept_type as object
(deptno NUMBER,
dname VARCHAR2(50),
loc varchar2(13),
cr_date date)
create type dept_list_table is table of dept_type
purge recyclebin;
create or replace package ws_package as
procedure test_dept_table (pout out dept_list_table);
end ws_package;
show errors;
create or replace package body ws_package as
procedure test_dept_table (pout out dept_list_table) is
all_depts dept_list_table := dept_list_table();
dRecType dept_type;
i number := 0;
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i := i + 1;
dRecType := dept_type(null, null, null, null);
dRecType.deptno := r_list.deptno;
dRecType.dname := r_list.dname;
dRecType.loc := r_list.loc_id;
dRecType.cr_date := sysdate;
pout.extend;
pout(i) := dRecType;
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end test_dept_table;
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show errors;
I go and create PL\SQL Web Service using default settings in Jdeveloper 11g R2 but when I try and test this page I get the following response:
Failed to invoke end component servqa.MyWebService1User (POJO), operation=testDeptTable -> Failed to invoke method -> java.sql.SQLException: ORA-06550: line 1, column 13: PLS-00306: wrong number or types of arguments in call to 'TEST_DEPT_TABLE' ORA-06550: line 1, column 7: PL/SQL: Statement ignored
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Hi Frank,
I think the problem is in any procedure that has a COMPLEX TYPE as OUT parameter. So even if you strip down the procedure to just do nothing I still get the error as described in my top post. Passing complex parameters as IN parameter work fine its only when I have procedure with complex out when it errors. I also tried function that returns object parameter and that works fine too so not sure why this doesnt?
create or replace package body ws_package as
procedure test_dept_table (pout out dept_list_table) is
begin
-- iterate through all depts
for r_list in (select * from dept) loop
i := i + 1;
end loop;
end test_dept_table;
end ws_package;
Not sure if I am meant to do anything extra before I generate Web Service using JDeveloper if my procedure has got PL\SQL types as OUT parameters but as far as I know JDeveloper should do all the type conversions for you??
Thanks
Bojan

Forms 11g - web.show_document

Hi!
How can i reach the reports server with web.show_document in Forms 11g?
"opmnctl status" shows the running reportsserver but when i make a call e.g. to
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any ideas?
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If you have installed in a Windows 2003 Platform and install is done with the system components, then the issue is with the OHS.
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Hello All,
Oracle 10G UCM provided a WebForm Editor. After installation of newer version Oracle UCM 11G we found the feature is missing.
Is there a substitute provided by Oracle in 11G version for the same?
We need to provide functionality to end users where they could go and create some forms on their own. We were thinking to use Web-Form Editor for the same, but to our surprise we found the feature is missing.
Can anyone suggest if we are missing something. Any help is appreciated.
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Hi,
I am thinking about doing an Oracle certification course- Oracle Database 11g Administrator or Oracle PL/SQL and Forms Developer.
Oracle Database 11g OCP and OCM certification requires 3 mandatory training courses to be completed that costs between $1900 and $3250/each. Oracle PL/SQL certication doesn't require any mandatory training course.
Which one of these would be a good choice? Please advise.
Thank you,
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Hi,
I have a problem to run an existing SQL-script in a web environment. The forms application running in a client server environment calls a sqlplus script via HOST-command.
The SQL-Script itself asks the user to enter several values (ACCEPT-command).
Now the forms application has to be migrated to WEB-Forms (Forms6i). If I still use the HOST-statement, SQL*Plus will be started on the application server. The user has no chance to enter any input value.
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Integration between InfoPath web forms (browser side), SharePoint 2010, and Word or Excel

To begin with the end in mind, here's what I need to do:
User A (employee) fills out infopath form in browser.
User A saves infopath form, workflow runs, and sends a link to the manager
User B (Manager) opens infopath form, clicks a button, and all the information from the saved infopath form magically appears in a excel document
Here's how I did it, because I couldn't find an easier way to do it. This is an InfoPath no-code solution (uses web service and workflow I had to build) and this is working somewhat:
In InfoPath Designer 2010, created the form from Blank 2007 form template.
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Created SQL Agent job to run this package every 2 minutes.
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In SQL, created a stored proceedure ("spGetCurrentID") to truncate, then add a row to a table ("tblCurrentFormID").
On InfoPath form, added a button that takes the current infopath form "ID" into a table in SQL server by calling the stored procedure via a web service.
On Infopath form, added a hyperlink to the excel file which opens in the client.
In excel, added a button on the workbook that queries the SQL database for the current form ID, and drops it into a cell.
In excel, added a button on the workbook that queries the SQL database for the sharepoint list details that were exported via SSIS, returning only the row for the current form ID.
In excel, created a button on the workbook that displays the fields I want in the location I want
With over 25 users concurrently hitting the form library, there is a chance that when they open excel they will generate an excel document with bad data in it (data from someone else's current ID).
I've since migrated to SharePoint 2010, and it works the exact same way in 2010.
What I want to do is find a way to get the data that is already saved in the infopath form DIRECTLY to Excel by clicking a button without the web service, the stored procedure, the SSIS package, the SQL agent job, etc. My problem has always been
in getting the data from infopath into RAM/Clipboard/temp file(?) and imported into Excel by bypassing the SQL.
Of course, I would like to do this without requiring an administrator approved template in InfoPath, and have it be much more simpler to maintain. There are a lot of moving parts.
Please point me to any examples or make recommendations. The requirement is that users open the form, the data is filled out already, and with a click of a button, the data shows up in excel automatically in the right place for the item they're currently
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Now that I've got this working (kind of) for one excel document, management wants to add 25 other documents that this one infopath form can generate.
Therefore, once I get this to work better for one excel document, I can add other excel documents.
I've considered passing a parameter to the excel document in Excel Web Services, as I believe that excel web services 2010 can support this. However, I believe that the macros that run in the excel client okay won't work in excel web services 2010.
Users would prefer to open Excel in the client, though, so not sure I'm going to go down this path.

Clayton,
You rock - thank you for all your responses!
The infopath form was built doing what it does long before the need to get the data into Excel.
You are correct in that I could have modified the infopath code to save to SQL, but the fields in the form and on the forms library columns do change before and after the manager approves it. As such, adding some code to submit the infopath data to
SQL could have been used to write data into SQL server instead of leveraging SSIS/SQL Agent to do so. However the aformentioned workflow (see way up in the thread) does more than just send an email to the manager with a link. It also edits some fields in the
forms library column on that particular list item. By using SSIS, every two minutes they get the latest stuff from sharepoint into SQL without having to add code in the workflow or - if possible - on the infopath code that does a table update where item=abc.
It is common to get data from sharepoint into sql, regardless of whether or not it is a list or library (including infopath forms libraries). There is sample code on Codeplex that has been downloaded close to 40,000 times for this purpose which I'm sure
you are familiar with:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd365137(v=sql.100).aspx and
http://sqlsrvintegrationsrv.codeplex.com/releases/view/17652
I agree with you in so many ways on why they should not be using excel (or word) to present the information. Having InfoPath or a custom workflow magically convert the data presented on a specific view in a filled out InfoPath form to PDF and emailing it
would be wonderful, but it simply is not a possible solution.
Surely you're familiar with companies that have a word document that, say, a manager will email to someone as an attachment, then the employee prints out the word document, fills it out on paper and signs it with a pen (or fills out a fillable form, then
prints it), they then either fax it back or scan it and email it back to the manager, who then prints it out and hands it to a VP for a signature, etc. Yes, the process is very old-fashioned, but in health care, finance, and for legal compliance reasons,
some places simply have to do their manual processes the way they are. I've suggested and shown examples of how it can all be done electronically with digital signatures, etc., but their legal compliance officers and board members do not agree to this methodology.
As such, I work within the confines I am presented with, as I'm sure you've had to do as well.
I myself have worked for several Fortune 100 firms for many years (Microsoft, T-Mobile, etc), know what is possible. However the place I am at now, many of those options simply are not possible.
They use excel (and word) because that is the templates the legal department and third party companies they work with gives them to work with.
If you've used enterprise OCR systems (LaserFiche, OnBase, Hyperion, etc.) you would be familiar with the fact that in order to scan and index keywords from OCR cover pages, the document has to have fields in a certain location. While I have tried to
get the InfoPath form to line up properly, I cannot print out headers or footers and page breaks where the OCR system requires and expects them to be. What's more: when you print a filled out infopath form that loads browser side, as you know you get the browser-related
stuff with it. Although they're all on the same web browser (finally - IE8) and all on windows 7 and office 2010, I cannot control the fact that some users use large fonts and other accessability features to make their 21" screens run at 640x480 (exaggeration).
When you do this, it changes the margins in the print area, and more.
If I could take the data that is in infopath, merge it with an excel template, and export that to PDF, that could be an option. Not looking to buy some enterprise PDF generating product, though, and looking to do this as close to a no-code solution as possible.
Why we're suggesting PDF, perhaps we should be considering XPS, since we are staying with the Microsoft technology stack here.
Perhaps I should rephrase my original question like this: "I have 25 different documents that all need to be filled out automatically. Each document has different text on it, but the fields that need to be filled out on the documents are almost all
the same. I want to present one form for users to fill out, and once saved, to generate all 25 different documents. How would you do this?". While not entirely accurate, as not all 25 documents need to be created at once, only on demand with a click of a button
for each document, perhaps that is a better way of stating the need.
Thank you Clayton (and all you lurkers out there hoping to find out how we solve this).

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Many of us developers are really excited at the prospect of developing with this tool; it would be a shame to lose the opportunity over not being able to provide any information on the topics above.
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Hi Luis,
I had a client a couple of years back who had an existing PL/SQL Web Toolkit application who used the htp.p etc calls to generate the HTML (and in some cases CSS) for their site. They were interested in using Application Express and asked me to design a new administration module for their site (which I did). The development went extremely smoothly so they then asked about re-writing their existing site in APEX (since maintaining the old site was not a straight-forward task).
Fortunately for me, the original designer had the foresight to put lots of the application logic into packages (which I could reuse), but I quickly (about 2 or 3 days from memory) created a custom theme and templates in APEX which gave the same look and feel as the existing site.
Personally, I think if you tried to re-use the existing htp.p calls (by using PL/SQL regions etc), then you would be missing out on some of the major advantages of using APEX (such as the ability to easily change the look and feel of your application).
I always think that migrating to a new tool/platform etc is a great opportunity to re-examine your existing code to perhaps see if you can do things differently (speed up those queries, perhaps make the navigation more logical etc).
So, yes you can certainly re-use lots of your existing packaged logic, but I would also take the leap and use the features that Application Express provides to make future maintenance of your application easier.
Just my thoughts.
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