Displaying CLOB column content with markup

Question

I have a table with a CLOB type column, and I a using a n APEX form to input into this column using a Rich Text Editor.
When I save the text and then re-open it again with the Rich Text Editor in the form, the markup (bold, spacing, etc) has successfully been saved and retrieved.
I want to also create another page to show one record at a time (to users who I don't want to be able to edit the form), but I can't get the text to be displayed nicely with the markup.
I have tried using a dynamic PL/SQL region as well as an item within a HTML region, but it always displays without the markup.
How do I do this correctly?

Answer 1

Hi, I know that I´m a kind of late in this discussion, but I faced a similar problem exactly in now days and in a way to show my grateful to this specific forum conversation that gave me the light I was needing, I want to share my solution here.
My Problem:
I have a customizable "Help" text that could be seen in some pages of the application. It is edit from a special Help Management page throw a Rich Text Editor and it is related to the corresponding page. When the final user opens the specific page, the text has to be shown as it was edited in the Rich Text Editor.
My solution came in this way:
*1. Create the Shortcut: "Help_Text"*
DECLARE
CURSOR C_Help IS
select Concat(Concat('<div class="textRegion">',Help_Text),'</div>')
from Help_by_Page_Table
where app_id = :app_id
and page_id = :app_page_id;
vHelp_Text CLOB;
BEGIN
OPEN C_Help;
FETCH C_Help INTO vAyuda_Rapida;
CLOSE C_Help;
RETURN vHelp_Text;
END;
*2. In the desire page: Create a HTML Region(with shorcuts)*
Region_Source:"Help_Text"
*3. Job is done!*
I just have to add that I´m using the Standard Theme: Productivity Applications, the class "textRegion" is part of the classes defined in this theme.
Edited by: Gustavo Bustos on Feb 27, 2013 12:21 PM
Edited by: Gustavo Bustos on Feb 27, 2013 12:25 PM