HOW TO SHOW A DEFAULT VALUE IN AN UPDATABLE TABULAR FORM

Question

I have an updatable form that has three columns:
Employee Name (display only)
Reporting Name (select list)
Element Type ID (hidden and updatable)
When the user select a value in the reporting name column it updates the
element type id with the appropriate value. But when they look at the select list
it has the select list values as well as the selected value in the list. How do I
overcome this. My example is setup and ready to be reviewed at http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=32409:1
Thank you
Forrest
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Answer 1

Woody,
I'm a little confused (not uncommon), as I don't understand why you have a hidden column to hold the element_type_id value.
It looks like you're doing a simple SELECT LIST/LOV that shows the display value and stores the code value. I guess I don't understand why you need the hidden column. Shouldn't the code value end up in the APEX_ITEM array, so you can save it to your table?
I would think you'd have a hidden value to hold the primary key for your table in one APEX_ITEM array, and the element_type_id column is the second parameter of the APEX_ITEM.SELECT_LIST() call. Then your manual update procedure saves that value to the right record, using the primary key from the hidden column?
What am I missing here?
Good luck,
Stew