How do I default a multi-select to have all values selected

Question

Hi all,
I have a report (standard, not interactive - for various reasons) and I have a number of 'search' fields that the use can use to fulter the results shown. One of these fields is a multi-select list which allows the users to select multiple values at the same time. This is working fine.
My problem is in setting the default for the multi-select list to have all values selected (either when the page is first opened or when the user clicks a 'reset' button).
The multi-select query is:
select
     lv1.description d, lv1.lookup_code r
from
     tpa_adm_lookup_types lt1,
     tpa_adm_lookup_values lv1
where
     lv1.lookup_type_id = lt1.lookup_type_id
and lt1.lookup_type = 'RELEASE_PHASES'
and     lv1.delete_flag = 'N'
order by 1
how do I get it to default to everything selected?
Many thanks,
Martin

Answer 1

Hi Andy,
Yes it is a dynamic list so a fixed default is no good.
I have built the field with a source (when session state is null) of:
with data as (
select lookup_code, row_number() over(order by lv1.description) rn,count(*) over () cnt
from tpa_adm_lookup_values lv1,
     tpa_adm_lookup_types lt1
where lv1.lookup_type_id = lt1.lookup_type_id
and lt1.lookup_type = 'RELEASE_PHASES'
and lv1.delete_flag = 'N'  )
select ltrim(sys_connect_by_path(lookup_code,':'),':') catvalues
from data
   where rn = cnt
   start with rn = 1
   connect by prior rn = rn-1;which works but I was hoping ApEx had a cleaner solution.
Regards,
Martin