Displaying a matrix on a Forms 6 form

Question

Guys:
I'm trying to figure out a way to display
a matrix on a form with three fields
2 text items and 1 check box eg.
Dept
====
Emp Finance Projects Transport ...
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John X
Tom X
Sam X
Pete X X
Any ideas???
Thanks!
Abhay

Answer 1

Hi
I had similar problem. May be my dicision will be helpfull for you.
There are table (for simplicity) sheet(emp, day, job) with the primary key(emp, day). It's needed matrix with X axis as 'emp', Y axis as 'day' (for a one month) and 'job' as the cell.
I created block SHEET_BLOCK with the items: EMP, DAY_01, DAY_02, ..., DAY_31. 'Query Data Souce Name' is:
SELECT emp FROM sheet;
EMP is the 'Database Item', but another (DAY_??) aren't 'Database Item'.
Cteated POST_QUERY trigger for populating fields DAY_??:
DECLARE
v_dest_item VARCHAR2(80);
v_rec_num NUMBER;
CURSOR c_emp_day_job IS
SELECT day, job
FROM sheet
WHERE emp = :SHEET_BLOCK.EMP
BEGIN
IF :System.Mode != 'QUERY' THEN
RETURN;
END IF;
FOR v_emp_day_job IN c_emp_day_job LOOP
v_dest_item := ':SHEET_BLOCK.DAY_' | | v_emp_day_job.day;
COPY( v_emp_day_job.job, v_dest_item );
END LOOP;
END;
Andrew.