How can I add encoding code before column link works?

Question

Hi, guys:
I have a question that may be silly. I want to pass multiple parameters of a row in an interactive report to another page through column link by specifing URL. It works OK. However, I found some of the parameters such as address in the report including character "#" or ".", parameters behind these characters cannot be passed by APEX. I know I need to encode it, and I know how to encode it. But I do not know where to add PL/SQL code so whenever user click the column link, the address can be encoded at first then to pass to another page?
Thanks in advance.
Sam

Answer 1

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lxiscas wrote:
I am using such a query in page 211, Offender_id is primary key, In the column of MAP, I add URL as follows to pass values to page 3006 to generate a google map (I am using APEX 4.1):
f?p=&APP_ID.:3006:&SESSION.::&DEBUG.::P3006_H_OFFENDER_NAME,P3006_H_OFFENDER_ID,P3006_H_ADDRESS_LATITUDE,P3006_H_ADDRESS_LONGITUDE,P3006_H_PHYSICAL_LATITUDE,P3006_H_PHYSICAL_LONGITUDE,P3006_H_ADDRESS,P3006_H_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS:#Offender Name#,#Offender ID#,#Address Latitude#,#Address Longitude#,#Physical Latitude#,#Physical Longitude#,#Address#,#Physical Address#The problem is Address and Physical Address canot passed successfully.
select distinct 'MAP','Detail',so.doc_number as "DOC Number", so.offender_id as "Offender ID", so.first_name||' '|| so.middle_name||' '||so.last_name as "Offender Name",
so.date_of_birth as "Date of Birth",
(select sc1.description from sor_code sc1 where sc1.code_id=so.race) as "Race",
(select sc2.description from sor_code sc2 where sc2.code_id=so.sex) as "Sex",
nvl2(sl.address1, sl.address1||' '||sl.address2 ||' '||sl.city ||' '||sl.county||' '||(select sc3.description from sor_code sc3 where sc3.code_id=sl.state)||' '||sl.zip, 'Unkown Address')  as "Address",
nvl2(sl.physical_address1,sl.physical_address1||' '||sl.physical_city ||' '||sl.physical_county||' '||(select sc4.description from sor_code sc4 where sc4.code_id=sl.physical_state)||' '||sl.physical_zip, 'Unkown Address')  as "Physical Address",
sl.status as "Status",
sl.jurisdiction as "Jurisdiction",
to_char(sl.ADDRESS_LATITUDE) as "Address Latitude",to_char(sl.address_longitude) as "Address Longitude",
to_char(sl.physical_address_latitude) as "Physical Latitude",to_char(sl.physical_address_Longitude) as "Physical Longitude",
decode(rox.habitual, 'Y', 'Habitual', '') as "Habitual",
decode(rox.aggravated, 'Y', 'Aggravated', '') as "Aggravated",
rox.status as "Registration Status",
rox.registration_date as "Registration Date",
rox.end_registration_date as "End Registration Date"
from sor_location sl, sor_offender so, sor_code sc, registration_offender_xref rox, sor_last_locn_v sllv
where rox.offender_id=so.offender_id
and sllv.offender_id(+)=so.offender_id
and sl.location_id(+)=sllv.location_id
and rox.status not in ('Merged')
and rox.reg_type_id=1
and upper(rox.status)='ACTIVE'
and nvl(rox.admin_validated, to_date(1,'J'))>=nvl(rox.entry_date, to_date(1,'J'))
and ((so.first_name is not null and so.first_name like '%'||:P21_TF_FIRST_NAME||'%')
or (:P21_TF_FIRST_NAME is null)
and ((so.last_name is not null and so.last_name like '%'||:P21_TF_LAST_NAME||'%')
or (:P21_TF_LAST_NAME is null))
and ((sl.address1||sl.address2 is not null and sl.address1||sl.address2 like '%'||:P21_TF_ADDRESS||'%')
or (:P21_TF_ADDRESS is null))
and ((sl.city is not null and sl.city like '%'||:P21_TF_CITY||'%')
or (:P21_TF_CITY is null))
and ((sl.county is not null and sl.county =:P21_SL_COUNTY)
or (:P21_SL_COUNTY is null))
and (((select sc5.description from sor_code sc5 where sc5.code_id=sl.state and sc5.description=:P21_SL_STATE) is not null )
or (:P21_SL_STATE is null))
and ((sl.zip is not null and sl.zip =:P21_TF_ZIP_CODE)
or (:P21_TF_ZIP_CODE is null))
I'd suggest passing <tt>sor_offender.offender_id</tt> and <tt>sor_location.location_id</tt> to items on page 3006. Retrieve the derived values for <tt>P3006_H_OFFENDER_NAME, P3006_H_ADDRESS_LATITUDE, P3006_H_ADDRESS_LONGITUDE,P3006_H_PHYSICAL_LATITUDE, P3006_H_PHYSICAL_LONGITUDE, P3006_H_ADDRESS, P3006_H_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS</tt> using queries in a Before Header process.