How can we use form variable in where clause while personalization

Question

Dear,
I have a requirment for using select in personalization, actully we have created temporary table, now we want to get data from select satatement on event"when-new-record-instance' trigger, now in action tab i have selected action which is property and message, in message column showing value "${item.q_res.transaction_id.value}" it shows on validate button but when this form variable use in action type(property) which is consist on select statement "=SELECT to_char(QTY) FROM TEST_TABLE where transaction_id = ${item.q_res.transaction_id.value}" system didn't get value pressing validate button although there is a single record in customize table while without where cluase was getting data perfectly.
please advice.

Answer 1

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I am looking for to decode the actual db value something in different for my report.
like if A then Accepted
elseif R then Rejected
elseif D then Denied
these conditions I have to check in where clause.
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what are you trying to do?
may be you are looking for
select * from tab1,tab2
where a.tab1 = b.tab2
and
   (decode(:code, 'A','Accepted') = <table_column>
    or
    decode(:code, 'R','Rejected') = <table_column>
   or
    decode(:code, 'D','Denied') = <table_column>
   )