How can assign the value returned from javascript to Hidden item

Question

Hi All,
I have created a report with button in one column adding following code to SQL select statement like
SELECT USER_RQST_ID, USER_RQST_DESC, RQST_DATE, STATUS, USER_ID, CNTRY_ID, KPI_LIST, YEAR_LIST, QTR_LIST, MONTH_LIST,
PROD_LIST, FULL_PERIOD_FLG, GEN_DATE, '<input type=button value="view_list" onclick="javascript:doSubmit('||USER_RQST_ID||');">' button FROM KPI_USER_RQST;
Then i have implemet doSubmit() function in Javascript like
function doSubmit(req_id)
html_GetElement('HIDDEN_ITEM')= req_id.value;
Here HIDDEN_ITEM is the name of the item, I want to use that HIDDEN_ITEM value in PL/SQL block like...
BEGIN
INSERT INTO SAMPLE(KEY) VALUES(:HIDDEN_ITEM);
END;
But it is not working, Please help me anybody know the solution How to assign an item in javascript block function.
Thanks,
Neel

Answer 1

Hello,
doSubmit() is one of the built in javascript functions in apex and it's a bad idea to override it unless you know exactly what you are doing, and even then is a generally bad idea.
change your function to this
function mySubmit(pValue){
$x('HIDDEN_ITEM').value = pValue;
doSubmit();
then your onclick will look like this notice the lack of the javascript: and the three ''' quotes to get the proper quotations for your value.
onclick="mySubmit('''||USER_RQST_ID||''')"
And there you go
Carl