Forms - Calls to stored procedures instead of standard database actions

Question

After discovering Reports, I'm now getting started with Forms in APEX. :)
While I like the basic functionalities offered by the different Wizards, there's one thing that bothers me. After creating your form, you basically get 3 buttons (not counting cancel) for the different actions, each corresponding with a Database Action (SQL INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE). This is nice, but it's not exactly what I want. I would like to replace the direct database actions by calls to stored procedures (in a package), one for each action. It would be nice, of course, to keep the Wizard advantages, especially considering the fact I would like to find a standard, easy way to create forms. So, basically, I would like to create my forms this way, but instead of linking the button to a predefined database action, have it call a stored procedure. Is this somehow possible and what would be the easiest way to realize this?
I'm running APEX 4.0.1.00.03 on an Oracle XE database.
Erwin

Answer 1

Okay, this was working nicely. But I must be missing something...
I made an (interactive) report and added two link columns, one for the update and one for the delete (the insert is handled by a non-row related create button). I also created 3 forms on a procedure, one for each action (I/U/D). Now, when I call my form page from the report, I want to pass the values of the different columns of the selected record to this form, so the user can view and adapt them. Seems quite logical to me. There's only one problem. The column link seems to be limited to 3 items? Euh... am I missing something or is this not the way to do this.
Let me illustrate this with an example.
I created an UPDATE form, linked to a procedure to modify a given city.
This procedure has the following parameters:
- ID (hidden on the form)
- PROVINCE
- ZIP CODE
- NAME
- DESCRIPTION
On the other hand, I have my report which gives an overview of the cities. This report has the following columns:
- ID
- PROVINCE
- ZIP CODE
- NAME
- DESCRIPTION
I also added 2 empty columns to contain the UPDATE and DELETE links. Basically, I just use these to place a nice icon for the different actions.
Now, when I click on one of these icons, I want to pass the field values of the selected row to my form. In this case, that means I want to pass 5 values to the 5 items of my form. BUT, under the link column, I see only 3 items? Am I missing something really stupid or am I handling this the wrong way?
Erwin