Fetching Values from Portlet Customization Form

Question

I am using DB Provider Report components.
I have been trying to pass parameters between portlets and have decided retrieve cookies in the "before processing form" pl/sql section of each report.
HOWEVER, I would have to set them using the customization form and have not figured out how to retrieve the parameters from the customization form so I can set the cookies.
Can anyone help?
THanks
Kelly McMillin

Answer 1

I thought you were using a form. But now that I know you are using a dynamic page I can help you out more. The customize link on a dynamic page and a report is very combersome. I found the best way to make a parameter form for a dynamic page or report is make a form based on a procedure. For example I have a dynamic page that has parameters for a start date and end date. I created a procedure in the DB back end:
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure <name of procedure>(
startdate IN date DEFAULT NULL,
enddate IN date DEFAULT NULL)
as
begin
<schema>.<name of dynamic page>.show(p_arg_names => portal.wwv_standard_util.string_to_table('startdate:enddate'),
p_arg_values => portal.wwv_standard_util.string_to_table(startdate||':'||enddate));
htp.print('<!--');
exception
when others then
null;
end;
Then I granted this procedure to PUBLIC. Then went back into portal and created a form based on procedure using the above procedure. Then, you can use this form to run your dynamic page and fully customize it.
Hope this helps.
Martin