How to fetch data to APEX Report using stored procedure?

Question

hi all,
i am making a report in APEX. user selects two dates and clicks GO button - i have a Stored Procedure linked to that result region so Stored Procedure gets called.
my stored procedure does the following -
using specified dates (IN) i do query and put data into a table (this table has been created only for this report) -
i want to show all these data i entered into the table on my APEX report in the same procedure call. can i use ref cursor to return? how to do that?
currently, i use another button in APEX which basically fetches all data from table. basically, user clicks one button to generate report and then another button to get report. which is not desirable at all :(
i m using APEX      3.1.2.00.02 and Oracle 10 database.
pls let me know if you need further clarification of the problem. thanks in advance.
regards,
probashi
Edited by: porobashi on May 19, 2009 2:53 PM

Answer 1

Thanks Tony.
I am not sure what you meant by >> change the report to be based off of a query returning sql statement, no need to keep that table around.... >>
Here's my stored procedure
create or replace
PROCEDURE ABC_PROC (
START_DATE IN DATE,
END_DATE IN DATE
AS
RULE_REC MTG_OFFICER_FORECAST%ROWTYPE;
TYPE REF_CURSOR IS REF CURSOR;
TCUR REF_CURSOR;
BEGIN
DELETE FROM ABC_REPORT;
OPEN TCUR FOR
SELECT ABC_FORECAST.*
from MTG_OFFICER_FORECAST , MTG_USERS
WHERE MTG_OFFICER_FORECAST.NBR_OFFICER = MTG_USERS.NBR_OFFICER AND
MTG_OFFICER_FORECAST.NBR_INSTITUTION = MTG_USERS.NBR_INSTITUTION;
LOOP
FETCH TCUR INTO RULE_REC;
EXIT WHEN TCUR%NOTFOUND;
INSERT INTO ABC_REPORT( NBR_OFFICER, OFFICER_NAME, FORECAST_NBR_LOANS, FORECAST_LOAN_AMT, FORECAST_FEES,
ACTUAL_NBR_LOANS, ACTUAL_LOAN_AMT, ACTUAL_FEES, RATIO_NBR_LOANS, RATIO_LOAN_AMT, RATIO_FEES, NBR_INSTITUTE )
VALUES ( RULE_REC.NBR_OFFICER, RULE_REC.NAME_LOAN_OFFICER, RULE_REC.NBR_LOANS, RULE_REC.AMT_LOAN, RULE_REC.AMT_FEES,
ACTUAL_NBR_LOANS, ACTUAL_LOAN_AMOUNT, ACTUAL_FEES, SUCCESS_RATIOS_NBR_LOANS_PERC, SUCCESS_RATIOS_LOAN_AMT_PERC, SUCCESS_RATIOS_FEES_PERC, RULE_REC.NBR_INSTITUTION );
END LOOP;
CLOSE TCUR;
END ABC_PROC;
Thanks,
Probashi
Edited by: porobashi on Jun 2, 2009 11:43 AM