How to run report with selected data in form?

Question

Hi,
Imagine I have a form with a Data block with this inside :
Code | Name
1 | Product1
2 | Product2
I want to run a report that will only select these 2 records from the table "product".
I manage to run a report from forms, but it's a pre-defiined report that will always display the same things. (all the table)
Maybe it's with the paramlist, would you have an exemple or tutorial about that?
Edit : When I create the report object in the form, I can give the source Data Block, but how to use in the report Data Model?
Edited by: Danicela on 24 avr. 2009 10:41

Answer 1

One way to achieve this is to use a "temporary" ID-table.
Create a table with just two columns RUN_ID and ID
Then, in forms before starting the report, create a new RUN_ID, e.g. by using a sequence and then, for every record in your block, create a record with the RUN_ID and the record's PK-column-value, in your case this might look like
RUN_ID  ID
4711     1
4711     2Commit that data in Forms (e.g. with using an autonomous transaction).
Now, pass the RUN_ID as a parameter to the report, and in reports, restrict your query like
SELECT ..
  FROM YOURTABLE
WHERE ID IN (SELECT ID
                FROM ID_TABLE
               WHERE RUN_ID=:PARAM_RUN_ID
             )To be clean, delete the data with the run_id in the AFTER-REPORT-trigger of the report.