Display as text (based on LOV saves state) : possible border ?

Hi,
Like mentioned in the subject, I have many Display as text (based on LOV saves state). I would like to have a frame or a border around this field eventhough it's read only, like a regular field. How can I do that ?
thank you.

Depending on your visual requirements, you could change the items to Text Fields (disabled or not) then simply make the Read-Only atttribute set to "always" or something that would equate to "always". It would look just like a text field (since it would in fact be one), but would be read-only.
Sadly, this would require you to change all your items to the new type which would take time.

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Where is "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)"

I am developing an application using the version of HTMLDB that comes with OracleXE.
I have a tabular form, in which the default column for a particular item is sourced from a previously entered item on another page. This is a lookup item and needs to be non-changeable by the user. So I want to use the "Display As" option "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)". However, this option is not available in the pull-down for "Display As". The option "Display as Text (based on LOV, does not save state)" is available, but using this option means that the item is not saved to the database.
Does anyone know why the stateful display as option is not available.
Thanks in advance,
Rob

Scott, thanks for the feedback. The problem is that although the value is displayed correctly, it is NOT saved to the database. Effectively, header information is entered in a previous screen, and one of the entered fields is written to each of the detail lines associated with the header. We are re-platforming an existing application (written in an obscure form of basic), and at this stage changing the schema is not an option. So this header item (which is a foreign key to a "store" table), is meant to be written down to each line, on the screen displayed as the store name, and written to the inserted lines as the lookup id. If I use the dispaly as text save state option teh database is updated correctly, but displays the id rather than name on the screen. The only display as lov option i can see is the one that does not save state. If I use this option the screen displays as I want but the database is not updated. I need to use the display as lov saves state option. but i do not see it.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your time.
Rob

Annoying [ ] with "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)"

Hi all,
I've got a form where some items are shown as “Display as Text”. These values are displayed normally.
But I also have some items which are shown as “Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)”. When I run the page and these items don't return a value (because it isn't filled in in another page), we get the annoying []-sings.
Is there anyone who knows how to fix this, I just want to display nothing when there is no value.

I've tried this one already.
I tried to leave it blank, & nbsp ; , text,... but the problem is that our lov is build by a function and it always returns a query, so the LOV is never null.
I figured something out: made a process after header that has some cursors to get the values from the database and changed the item to a simple display as text-field. There were only 4 that were wrong, so it wasn't to much work.

Cannot see Display as Text (based on lov, saves state)

I have raised this question on the HTMLDB forum (Where is "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)" but in case its XE specific I am posting here too.
I have a tabular form in the XE version of HTMLDB, and wish to use the "Display as Text (based on LOV, saves state)" option. However, this option does is not available to me - are there some conditions necessary for this option to be displayed?
Thanks, Rob

Rob,
I doubt it's an XE specific issue. I've asked for more information in the original thread.
Sergio

Display As Text (based on LOV, saves state) "p_t03" was assigned by APEX

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Scott, thanks for the feedback. The problem is that although the value is displayed correctly, it is NOT saved to the database. Effectively, header information is entered in a previous screen, and one of the entered fields is written to each of the detail lines associated with the header. We are re-platforming an existing application (written in an obscure form of basic), and at this stage changing the schema is not an option. So this header item (which is a foreign key to a "store" table), is meant to be written down to each line, on the screen displayed as the store name, and written to the inserted lines as the lookup id. If I use the dispaly as text save state option teh database is updated correctly, but displays the id rather than name on the screen. The only display as lov option i can see is the one that does not save state. If I use this option the screen displays as I want but the database is not updated. I need to use the display as lov saves state option. but i do not see it.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your time.
Rob

Display as text (based on LOV) not working

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I've not used this kind of item before, so there's probably some really simple thing I'm missing....
Have the LOV:
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from hdb_objecttype_syn order by 1
Return value is going into page item :P3_objecttype_id (a popup LOV). Have another item, :P3_objecttype_name, which is a display as text (based on LOV) item. When/how is this item supposed to get populated? When I select a value from the LOV, I'd expect the text item to be set to the display value of the LOV, but it is always []. The source type of :P3_objecttype_name is Sql Query, and the query is:
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C

HI Varad -- I'm afraid I'm new enough to all this to not know how to implement either of your solutions... and that's after scanning the forum for additional info.
How do I get the page to submit? Is there any way to do this w/o forcing the user to explicitly press a button? (which would be way too much, as there are probably 10 LOVs on this page).
If I choose to use javascript, 1) on what item and under what attribute do I put the script (is it on the objecttype_name that needs to be populated?), and 2) where can I find an example of what this might look like? I'm not familiar w/ it at all.
My goal is ultimately to have an LOV that displays both the key value and the name (which I guess can be accomplished by concatenating those together in the LOV select statement), to return the name to the page, and then have the ID automatically filled in to match the key (the example I sent you is backwards, simply because I started building this page w/ only key values displayed, added the name as a test later.) And, I also want the user to be able to type in the ID (no LOV would be attached to it), and have the name automatically populated. I'm guess this could be accomplished in a way similar to having the name filled in after the value is chosen from the LOV... If I can just figure out how to do that!
Thanks,
Carol

Cascade LOV display as text (based on LOV) in clasic report

Hi Experts,
It is possible to use cascade LOV - item is displayed as text (based on LOV) in clasic report ? (Display AS)
I would like to reference to another column displayed in the report in LOV.
Example:
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from domain_cntr
where cntr_name = 'CH_PRIM_ST_NOTE'
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Is it possible ? IN CLASIC REPORT
regards
J :D

Hi,
>
Is it possible ? IN CLASIC REPORT
>
Yes.
It may a rather long thing to code, so be ready for it.
Here is how:
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This is a bit hard to explain in text, so I've built a sample app: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=9608:1
The app has two pages, which demonstrate two related bugs in the handling of Report "Display as Text (based on LOV)" columns.
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And yes, I understand the function of the colon in Apex URL parameter passing. However, I wouldn't expect that sort of parsing to be used against the results returned from an LOV query.
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Display as text based on pl/sql - how to return value

Hi,
I have a item set as "display as text based on pl/sql". How do I get the PL/SQL anonymous block to return the value of the item?
My function declares and populates a variable called t_output which is the value I want displayed in the item. The PL/SQL I have written is correct as I have tried it in SQLPlus* with DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE and I get the correct output, but I don't know how to set my item to the value of t_output. I have tried adding ":P73_ITEM := t_output;" into the end of the PL/SQL block.
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source type: sql query
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Convert numeric value to display as text based on record in another table? ASP/VB

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I've tried this one already.
I tried to leave it blank, & nbsp ; , text,... but the problem is that our lov is build by a function and it always returns a query, so the LOV is never null.
I figured something out: made a process after header that has some cursors to get the values from the database and changed the item to a simple display as text-field. There were only 4 that were wrong, so it wasn't to much work.

Display required field based on LOV

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Thanks,
Denes Kubicek

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Column based on LOV in a classic report

In a classic report i want to display a value coming from an lov, based on the value of a column. I can't seem to make this work however, not even on apex.oracle.com. I too am on apex 4.1.
What i've tried is to set the column to display as text, based on lov. I've tried named static and dynamic lovs, and tried to supply an own lov definition, both static and dynamic. Even apex_item doesn't seem to work.
As a test, i has set this up on apex.oracle.com:
Classic report:
Region source:
select status, descr, apex_item.text_from_lov(status, 'lov_status') status2
from
select 15 status, 'test for status 1' descr from dual
union all
select 30 status, 'test for status 2' descr from dual
union all
select 45 status, 'test for status 3' descr from dual
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Display As: Display as Text (based on LOV, does not save state)
List of Values -> Named LOV: LOV_STATUS
LOV_STATUS (shared components -> lists of values):
this is a static lov, with these values:
15;'Status One'
30;'Status Two'
45;'Status Three'
60;'Status Four'
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Both column status as status2 simply keep displaying their value, and not the 'display value' i'd expect coming from the lov.
I could use decode or case, yes. But using an lov keeps it cleaner, especially when there are more than 3 or 4 values, and could be reused in more reports.
Am i using or doing this wrong?

Hi Tom,
revert the order of your LOV items ( so first description and then ID ),
like for example :
STATIC2:'Status One';15,'Status Two';30,'Status Three';45,'Status Four';60
That does the trick ( tried it ).
If you want to see an example check page 2 of the only app on apex.oracle.com
WS : bklerk
User : demo
PWD : demo123
Regards
Bas

Bug: Report Column based on LOV character string buffer too small error

When using a column type of "Display as Text (based on LOV, does not save state)" with a result set that is rather large causes a character or string buffer too small oracle error.
See the below page for an example.
The example page below has a single report off a table called "HUGE_TABLE" which has two columns: display and code
Code contains a number between 0 and 100000.
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http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=32149:1
Thanks.

Thanks for your help Scott.
So from what I've gathered from my own tests and the discussions you linked me to the LOVs based on SQL queries are being converted into "static LOV" strings before being used.
As such they are limited to the PL/SQL VARCHAR2 max size of 32767
Which means given the static reduction of the string 'STATIC:' that we have 32760 characters left.
Which is where your SUM( LENGTH( display ) + LENGTH( return ) + 2 ) comes in.
In short, if:
sum( length( display ) + length( return ) + 2 ) + 7 > 32767
would evaluate to true then you have a problem. :)
I'll use this to track down my problems and switch them over to inline queries.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Joe

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