Dropdown List (LOV) Help

I have a request to put a seperate line within the dropdown list to seperate different category data. Is this possible ? Can someone give advise on how to implement it?

I have a request to put a seperate line within the dropdown list to seperate different category data.Your requirement is not clear. Are you talking about seperating data in your LOV by category? For example, say you have an LOV that displays a listing of CARs available for sale:
MAKE        MODEL       COLOR
Ford        Focus       Blue
Ford        Focus       Green
Chevy       Volt        Red
Chevy       Volt        Blue
Dodge       300         Black
Dodge       300         Blue
BMW         M3          White
Mercedes    450SL       Blackand you want:
MAKE        MODEL       COLOR
Ford        Focus       Blue
Ford        Focus       Green
Chevy       Volt        Red
Chevy       Volt        Blue
Dodge       300         Black
Dodge       300         Blue
BMW         M3          White
Mercedes    450SL       Black
______________________________If this is what you want - no you can't do this with a standard Oracle Forms LOV. You could try modifying your query in SQL Developer to add the lines to the output and try this query as the Record Group source of your LOV, but there are no guaruntees this will work.
Please describe your requirement better!
Craig...

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Hi,
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Here's the deal, when you float list items left, they'll line up to the left, even though your navigation is centered.
They have also done this website in a manner that does not line up with what the W3C considers a standard for websites, but that's another issue.
Here's their HTML:
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
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This is how to really do it:
HTML:
<div id="top">
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    <li>WHAT DO YOU NEED?</li>
    <li>CASE STUDIES</li>
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    <li><a href="#">WHAT DO YOU NEED?</a></li>
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I wasn't going to comment first, but next time search the forums before posting a question and then when it is necessary to post, please give people adequate time to respond. Oracle's forums were having technical problems which prevented me from posting earlier -- not that a 4 hour turn around is bad for free advice anyway....
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Inkey Solutions, India.
Microsoft Certified Business Management Solutions Professionals
http://www.inkeysolutions.com/MicrosoftDynamicsCRM.html

Hello Charlie,
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Location Parameter Query
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MEMBER [Measures].[ParameterLevel] AS [Customer].[Customer Name].CURRENTMEMBER.LEVEL.ORDINAL
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Regarding parameter settings on General tab for both the above parameters we did not select any of the following values, all these checkboxes are empty:
Allow Blank Value ("") , Allow null value, Allow multiple values.
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Thanks, Ankit Shah
Inkey Solutions, India.
Microsoft Certified Business Management Solutions Professionals
http://www.inkeysolutions.com/MicrosoftDynamicsCRM.html

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