HTMLDB_ITME.DATE_POPUP problems

Question

Hi,
Since I did the HTMLDB patch my date_popup item is not working anymore. When I choose date in the popup calendar, the value returns in the first field , not the one where I clicked on the calendar icon.
Here is my select :
select htmldb_item.hidden(1,ei.id)||
htmldb_item.hidden(3,ea.display_type)||
htmldb_item.hidden(4,ea.length)||
ea.name Attribute,
case when :P4_ACCESS != 1 then ei.value
when ea.display_type = 'Date'
then htmldb_item.date_popup(2,rownum,ei.value,'dd-mon-yyyy',11)
when ea.display_type = 'Flag'
then htmldb_item.SELECT_LIST(2,ei.value,'Yes;Y,No;N,Unknown;U','YES')
when ea.display_type = 'Domain'
then HTMLDB_ITEM.SELECT_LIST_FROM_QUERY(2,ei.value,'SELECT value from extra_domains where exa_id = '||ea.id)
else htmldb_item.text(2,ei.value,ea.length) end Value
from extra_attributes ea, extra_infos ei
where ei.exa_id = ea.id
and ei.perso_id = :p4_id
and ea.active = 'Y'
order by ei.id
Depending on a table (extra_attributes), I display the item diffently. I could be a select list, text , number or date.
So in the same column , I can have different type of item. Ex: Row 1 col1 can be text and Row2 col1 can be date etc ...
Thanks.
Francis.

Answer 1

Francis,
In HTML DB 1.5 and before there were some known issues when using htmldb_item.date_popup calls in tabular forms and regular reports with pagination. Those issues have been resolved. Neither the built-in tabular forms nor the htmldb_item API package are designed to support different display types in the same column. If this was possible in 1.5 and no longer works in 1.5.1 then this seems to be related to the fix for the pagination issue. Since mixing display types is not a supported feature, unfortunately I can't offer you work around. The problem is the index of your current row that is part of the Java Script popup function, which in you example on htmldb.oracle.com points to 0 and thus correctly returns the date into the text field in your first row.
Regards,
Marc Sewtz