Group By limit on Apex 4 interactive reports?

There was a thread on this previously but now archived,
group by only allow 3 columns.
May I ask is this limit removed or more columns allowed in the latest Apex (4.2.4?) ?
Thanks,
John

john2013 wrote:
There was a thread on this previously but now archived,
group by only allow 3 columns.
May I ask is this limit removed or more columns allowed in the latest Apex (4.2.4?) ?
The answer is still no. As pointed out previously, a patch release (only the final digit of the version number is incremented) will only include bug fixes, not enhancements.
You can easily find out about the latest version of APEX for yourself by creating an account on apex.oracle.com, or by reading the documentation.

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How to create a fixed-width column within an APEX 4 interactive report?

This thread is a follow-up to {message:id=9191195}. Thanks fac586.
Partial success: The following code provided by fac586 limits the column width of the Apex 4 interactive report column as long as the column data contains whitespace within a Firefox 3.6 browser:
<pre class="jive-pre">
<style type="text/css">
th#T_DESCRIPTION {
width: 300px;
td[headers="T_DESCRIPTION"] {
width: 300px;
word-wrap: break-word;
</style>
</pre>
Notes:
1. The code above is put into the HTML header section for the page.
2. T_DESCRIPTION is defined as VARCHAR2(2000).
3. The code above works within the Firefox 3.6.12 browser but does not work within the Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 browser.
I tried adding "float: left;":
<pre class="jive-pre">
<style type="text/css">
th#T_DESCRIPTION {
width: 300px;
td[headers="T_DESCRIPTION"] {
width: 300px;
word-wrap: break-word;
<font color="red"> float: left;</font>
</style>
</pre>
Notes:
1. "float: left;" does not require whitespace and successfully splits the column between characters in lieu of whitespace.
2. "float: left;" shrinks the cell height and allows the page background to show through... couldn't determine how to fix this.
3. The code above works within the Firefox 3.6.12 browser but does not work within the Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 browser.
I've done some more research, but I still haven't discovered how to create a fixed-width column within an APEX 4 interactive report that displays properly within an Internet Explorer 7 browser.
Any ideas and help will be appreciated.

Thanks for your help with this!
<pre class="jive-pre">
what theme are you using?
</pre>
A customized version of theme 15.
<pre class="jive-pre">
Floating a table cell makes no sense (to me anyway).
</pre>
You are correct. I was just trying a different approach ... trying to think out of the box.
<pre class="jive-pre">
Think you'll need to create an example on apex.oracle.com with sample data
if there are any further problems.
</pre>
Great suggestion! The code your provided works in the Firefox 3.6.12 browser, but still doesn't work within my Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 browser.
UPDATE:
I have recreated the problem at apex.oracle.com, you can use the following information to check it out:
URL: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=43543:100::::::
Workspace: IR_FIXED_WIDTH_COLS
Username: GUEST
Password: Thx4help
Application: 43543 - CM_RANDY_SD
Note: Table name is TEST_DATA
The following code provided by fac586 works in both Firefox 3.6 and IE7 using default theme "21. Scarlet" at apex.oracle.com; however, it doesn't work when I use a copy of our customized theme "101. Light Blue":
<pre class="jive-pre">
<style type="text/css">
.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA {
th#T_DESCRIPTION {
width: 300px;
max-width: 300px;
td[headers="T_DESCRIPTION"] {
max-width: 300px;
word-wrap: break-word;
</style>

</pre>
Any idea what in the theme could be causing the fixed width column to be ignored in IE 7?
Edited by: CM Randy SD on Dec 7, 2010 11:22 AM

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Hi,
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FIELD3,
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456
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456
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JB wrote:
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⋮
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JB wrote:
Is it possible to add conditional column formatting in an Interactive Report in Apex 4.1? I've found numerous examples for older versions using the standard (classic) report, but I haven't found any with the new Interactive Report. Is this possible? and if so, can someone point me in the direction of some documentation or examples?
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select
⋮
       , case
           when trunc(calling_date,'DD') = trunc(sysdate,'DD')
           then
             '<span style="color: #3399FF;">' || to_char(calling_date) || '</span>'
           else
             '<span>' || to_char(calling_date) || '</span>'
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⋮For number/date columns to be properly sortable, the leading edge of the column must be an HTML comment that provides the required sort order using character semantics, as shown here.
The Display As column attribute for such columns must be set to Standard Report Column.
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Hi Tony,
Thanks for the reply . I have adjusted maximum row count to 100,000, even then I can download only 65535 .
I have around 12-15 Interactive Reports(each with different Query) and I do not want to write a custom download procedure for each report and also the application is in production.
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Anybody installed the latest APEX? i believe it's 4.2.3.
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Any thoughts on this? Is this fixed in 4.0?
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Hi, thanks for the response. I did spend a bit of time on trying to trick the interactive report into reversing the rownum and order by clauses. But ultimately I didn't see how to do it. Whatever query I paste into the source of the report is then wrapped in a couple of containing select statements which first applies the rownum limit and then the order by clause (if the user selects any columns to sort by).
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select * from scott.emp
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select * from scott.emp
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