Kyocera 6035 Palm Smartphone finally died - need advise

Yeah, my friends are loving it - after 7 years my reliable Kyocera 6035 Smartphone (Sprint) appears to have finally died - or at least the battery has (doesn't charge even when plugged into an electrical outlet or the car). This is forcing me to look at the newer phones, and as my friends tease me - join the 21st century in phones!
I'm looking at the Palm Centro (Sprint) and am wondering if I will somehow be able to transfer all of my contacts/memos/calendar, etc., that are stored on my desktop onto a new Palm phone? When I was still able to sync to my pc, the data was syncing to my Outlook, not the Kyocera Palm software that came with my phone (which sits empty on my pc desktop). The computer runs Windows XP Pro (I have Vista on a laptop as well, which is where I most likely will sync the new phone I purchase).  My HotSync Manager is version 3.1.0.
I wonder if I'm too many years behind on Palm versions to be able to sync what's stored on my pc to a new Palm phone and therefore, may have to start over from scratch?  What do you think - is this girl dreaming?? Any advise is appreciated to this Palm forum newbie!
By the way - I haven't purchased the phone yet - so any advise on the various Centros or other Palm phones is appreciated since I'm jumping almost a decade, I'm sure a few of you have some strong opinions on the developments I've missed out on. Thanks!
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Hey Jeffro - Yes, both the Sprint representative and her supervisor informed me that they only sell SmartPhones with Internet packages. I advised the supervisore that nowhere on the website did I see such a disclaimer - it only mentions that's how you get the rebate and I told him I was willing to forego a rebate. I told him if they say something on another screen once you're already in the buying screen then that is very deceptive - it should be right on the screen where the image of the phone appears!
I wanted the phone for the Palm software and they shouldn't care whether or not I take advantage of all its connectivity features - what do they care - other than it gives them an opportunity to increase their profits when they force me on a higher-end monthly plan! He said he was making an "exception" and would disable those features on my phone. My buddy sells phone plans through ACN (network marketing company) and he overheard my conversation because I made the call from work. He said he was shocked the guy made an exception for me because in his company it's the same policy: Selling a Smartphone requires selling an Internet phone plan - no ands, ifs or buts about it. He said I probably got him to waive the rule because I've been a long time Sprint customer and I continued to argue my point with a supervisor.
Actually, I quoted a Sprint's brochure I had to the guy - stating that according to their VP of Base Customer Management, Jeff Hallock - he's "determined to give me what I want now" - and I wanted the Centro with no Internet expensive package - just a basic phone plan. Would I use the Internet/email/TV features if they were given to me? Sure! But do I need them? No. These days with economy being what it is and people's finances being challenged, we need to really question what's a "nice to have" versus a "must have". If I had my own business or traveled constantly, I could totally see needing everything at my fingertips (and could probably write off the expense). But having a pc at home, a laptop with WiFi and a pc at work, why would I need computer access on my phone? They quoted me $65 per month for the plan (before fees/taxes) - I can think of other things I "need" to spend the $30 I'll be saving monthly by just having a phone plan.
Yeah, it pissed me off to say the least (as I'm sure you can tell!) This is why our country is in the situation it is - big corporations trying to sell people things they don't necessarily need or can afford. Just look at what the mortgage companies did to folks trying to buy their dream homes - and then people lose their jobs and wonder why they can't make ends meet. I'm blessed - I have a good job in the software side of the healthcare industry and we're growing and my house has a low fixed rate mortgage - but that's based on choices I made and it doesn't mean I'm not aware of what's going on around me and how things could be very different. I just realize it's important to be careful how I spend my money and to keep an eye on companies trying to make big profits (because it looks like we'll just be bailing them out later)
Sorry - I guess I needed to vent how frustrated I was about the situation. Sprint was trying to get between me and my world of Palm!!!
Peace and happy holidays!
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f1. Should I send .ai or .eps?
Nowadays, PDF is the preferred delivery format for whole documents. If the printing house is placing the artwork in a program that cannot place PDF as a spot graphic, it is conceivable that they may need EPS. Depends on the printing house's workflow. In print work, you need to communicate with the printing house--and you need to learn to speak their language.
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2. Pantones or CMYK ?
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And how to create the artboards that show the measures of the labels and the pantone colors palette
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(I have seen examples on some prints that have show me ), but have no idea if Illlustrator already have a template/tools for that.
Whenever you catch yourself thinking "I have no idea if Illustrator..."--read the instructions.
Most graphics programs (including Illustrator) provide options for including basic "printer marks" (trim and registration marks, separation labels) outboard of the page size. That doesn't mean it isn't often advantageous to add your own. For example, the auto printer marks setting will only add one set of trim marks for the whole page. That's pretty useless in a multi-up layout, which is quite common in label design.
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...but since most products labels come in many shapes, how do you work around it?
Pages (Artboards in Illustrator) are rectangular. One typically provides die cuts (and/or varnishes, foils, embosses, etc., etc.) as elements drawn accurately on a Layer dedicated to the purpose.
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Since the artboard can´t have the are same shape as the labels , will the white background being print?
There is no "background." This is an object-based program. Where there is no object, there is nothing. By default, even white fills don't mean "white ink"; they mean "no ink." (Remember, think inks, not colors.)
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4. When using effects like highlights, reflections, especially in Titles, how do you create the pantones for that ?
Illustrator is primarily a vector based drawing program. Vector graphics are by nature and even by definition sharp edged. When vector programs try to provide "soft & fuzzy" features, they do it in either of two ways: either by programmatically creating additional vector paths and parameters (blends, grads, mesh grads), or by resorting to creation of non-vector "effects" (raster images). Whether such features correctly handle spot colors depends on the feature, and even on the version of the program.
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1. PDF?? I only use .pdf to show the client the designs before approval but never as final file...also I have heard from some many places that if the print house needs to open the file on a different design program the best is to send them .eps
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I expressly forbid printing houses from editing my delivery files. If an edit is needed, it comes back to me, and I make the edits. If a printing house chooses to edit one of my files without permission--and a problem result--they eat it; not me.
Yes, yes, if print-side minor editing (like the afore-mentioned ingredients boilerplate scenario) is part of the established workflow, that's fine; its assumedly been agreed upon as the cost-efficient workflow. But generally speaking, the kind of designer who routinely relies upon the printing house as a "safety measure" to fix his files is...well...exactly the kind of designer I would not hire.
By the way: Hearing something "from many places" (especially in online user forums) in this business is no indication of correctness or best-practice. Quite often, the most-cited advice is the bad advice. Case-in-point: The ever-cited myth that everything for print should be rasterized to 300 ppi. 300 ppi is usually needless oversampling. This is especially true in reference to mere raster effects like those controlled by Illustrator's Document Raster Effects Resolution setting. 300 ppi is almost never needed for the most common uses of such effects: blurry drop shadows, glows, etc., etc. "Fuzzy" is the very purpose of those effects. All you have to concern yourself about is the potential for visible pixelation, which is directly tied to halftone ruling.
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
...what I was mention is to be able create like a table where you list the pantones use, same time to put measures guides on the artboard itself, is this possible to do in illustrator?
Again, separation names are included in the Printer Marks option of the Print Dialog. See the documentation. Depending upon your delivery format and workflow, the printing house may not even use Illustrator's printer marks; they may use those in one of their prepress programs.
But you should always check the seps before sending a press-ready file. You can do this in AI's print dialog, or in Acrobat Pro. Regardless, it's your job to make sure the project color-separates correctly. It is very common to "finish" a job thinking you have been very careful and everything is right. It is just as common to preview the seps and find an object on the wrong separation plate, or knocking out something it shouldn't, or overprinting something it should knock out.
(There's also the whole matter of trapping, which this thread has yet to mention.)
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
...imagine I have a label that is a star with 200x200 px, and the artboard is white background with 300x300px,
I will add (with as much force as I can muster) my admonition to that which has already been given: when talking about actual, physical measure, forget about the web. Forget about Photoshop's rulers. Forget about pixels. A pixel is not a unit of measure. If you think it is, tell me: How big, in inches, is a pixel? I might as well ask you "how high is up?"
If you tell a printing house that the trim size of your document is 600 by 1200 pixels, he will (and should) laugh at you.
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
if I print the artboard on my laser printer I get the label with the background also, so how does the print house manage to
not have the background of the artboard when they print?
If you print the artboard on your laser printer, you do not "get the background." Think about it: Do you have any white toner in your laser printer? (Think inks, not colors.)
All the above is offered in a spirit of helpfulness (and some tongue-in-cheek jest). Take it as such. Bottom line, though--and this is not meant to be the least bit insulting--unless the company you have just contracted with is a small mom & pop shop and/or has very basic labeling projects, it really sounds as if you are already in well over your head. I am certainly not saying any of this is rocket science. It isn't. A dedicated person can learn its ins-and-outs in relatively short time if that time is well spent. But an online user forum is a very error-prone, incomplete, inefficient, and therefore poor way to learn it. It doesn't sound like you have that much time to waste.
JET

Need advise for processing DAQmx waveform array

Hello All,
I am using following code to continuously acquire data from 2 channels, then export to a text file for analysis with Execel or Origin. The data file should contain four columns:
t1 Y1 t2 Y2
I know it is convenient to use Write Measurement File express VI, but since this express VI open and close file in each loop execution, I prefer to use low-level File I/O functions to save computer resources (I need to reserve resources for image acquisition and analyses).
The following attached VI just show the overall frame of the code, but is not executable now. I hope to get some suggestions from this forum to finish it.
Here, I have two main questions, thank you in advance if you can provide hints to any of them.
(1) How to get correct t0 and dt values for the waveform data
I am using 25Hz pulse signal to externally trigger DAQmx through PFI0. I set 100Hz for the rate input of the DAQmx timing VI since LabVIEW help says "If you use an external source for the Sample Clock, set this input to the
maximum expected rate of that clock. " .
When I use Write Measurement File express VI, I found in the resulting text file, the dt is 0.01 instead of 0.04, i.e., the value of dt in the waveform data is not determined by external PFI0 signal, but by the rate input for the DAQmx timing VI. Also, I found t0 does not always start from zero. However, from the display of data plot, I am sure the acquisition is at 25Hz.
Some people in this forum ever told me to use Get Waveform Component and Build waveform functions to manually rebuild the waveform data in order to get correct t0 and dt. I tried and no luck to succeed. Anyone can give me more detailed hints?
(2) How to write data of 'NChan NSample' at one time in a loop
I have two channel DAQmx, and for each channel there are several data points. I plan to use following method to export data:
Suppose in one loop DAQmx Read VI read 10 samples from each channel, so I assume I will get four arrays of 10 elements:
t_channel_1, Y_channel_1, t_channel_2, Y_channel_2.
Then I use a loop structure of N=10 to concatenate t1, tab,Y1,tab, t2,tab, Y2,return in 'element by element' mode, i.e., do 10 times of string concatenate and write to text file.
I don't know whether above method is effective. Anyone can advise a better one?
(3) Convert from timestamp to elapsed time in milisecond
In the final text file, the time column should be the values of elapsed time in milisecond since the start of acquisition. So, I think I need to get the timestamp of the first data point so that for later data points I can use Elapsed Time express VI to extract elapsed time in milisecond. However, I don't know how to get the timestamp at the starting of acquisition. Please advise if you know it.
Sincerely,
Dejun
Message Edited by Dejun on 08-30-2007 10:34 AM
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tbob wrote:
Ravens Fan:
Read his post again:
"I am using 25Hz pulse signal to externally trigger DAQmx through PFI0. I set 100Hz for the rate input of the DAQmx timing VI since LabVIEW help says "If you use an external source for the Sample Clock, set this input to the maximum expected rate of that clock. " .
When I use Write Measurement File express VI, I found in the resulting text file, the dt is 0.01 instead of 0.04, i.e., the value of dt in the waveform data is not determined by external PFI0 signal, but by the rate input for the DAQmx timing VI. Also, I found t0 does not always start from zero. However, from the display of data plot, I am sure the acquisition is at 25Hz."
He says in the 1st paragraph that he sets theDAQmx timing to 100Hz because that is his maximum expected clock rate. In the 2nd paragraph he says that in his measurement file dt is 0.01 instead of 0.04. This indicates that the dt value is determined by the DAQmx timing rate, not the PFI0 clock rate. I am thinking that he should set the DAQmx timing to match the PFI0 timing, 25Hz.
Maybe this would work.
You're right, I did misread what he said. But, I still have questions about what he said. " I set 100Hz for the rate input of the DAQmx timing VI ". The code shows a rate input of 25 to the timing VI. And nowhere else do I see a setting of 100Hz. I ran his code (used a simulated device) and put an indicator on the to dt's in the clusters. The came up as .04 which is what i would expect. It is hard to comment what is going on in the file since there is nothing being send to the write text file VI.
Message Edited by Ravens Fan on 08-31-2007 12:18 PM

Need advise on choosing a PT/Logic Solution.

Hi again
A few years back i asked at forums about using a M-audio Ozone as a Logic/Pro Tools solution (M-Powered PT That is) and allot of people warned not to get it, there reasons where hear say, however, it worked fine for my friend who was turning it on once in a while to practice while i also used it to record vocals at other locations., short take stuff.
Problem now is she started to use the M-Audio Ozone allot, like as her computer's main interface, and she noticed that the sound randomly gargles up like mouthwash and simply dies/fades out until you hear nothing., And to add fire to fire you need to reboot the M-Audio Ozone and risk freezing up the computer too while ending up loosing all open unsaved docs.
So i came up with this knuckle head solution, yesterday i talked her into getting a M-Audio Powermix i/o, after asking around everyone claimed the Ozone was crap and the M-Audio Powermix i/o is one of the best pieces of gear out there.
Guess what, during the first hour alone with setting up the M-Audio Powermix i/o, the software crashed 4 times during a firmware update, froze the CPU 6 times while rebooting it into other modes or for whatever reason, audio worked once in Final Cut via HUI mode, but since then only the automation works, no audio, and in Pro Tools it seems to work fine but the faders are not mapped right even though it was also rebooted in Pro Tools mode, remind you guys rebooting a M-Audio device causes freezing but i am not sure if this is due to using the products to direct the built in audio or simply the crappy drivers as Dave once mentioned in many other posts here.
Anyone have a better Pro Tools/Logic solution?
Her Reasons for Pro Tools;
Software:
-The ability to open and work with Pro Tools Sessions, (mine reasons as well)
Hardware:
-The ability to record at-least 2 stereo tracks and also hear 2 separate stereo mixes (for recording)
-S-PDIF transfers i/o,
-Access to Final Cut via HUI mode,
-Up to 4 tracks in, several stereo out for headphone mixing,
I was thinking of:
-Tascam 1884 or 1808 with i/o),
-Mackie (MUC) with a firebox for (i/o) and using the Ozone when needed for audio, or even Saphire, Konnekt8 or add a liquid mix for external Processing.

There should not be problems combining audio
interfaces really., HD systems and Logic allows it.
Proprietary is the issue with all multimedia
applications these days.
"Shoulda, coulda, woulda"... I don't use those words anymore. Fact is, the stuff "should" work, but it is not reliable. Fact. In the future, anything is possible... but we all live in "today-land". And today, aggregate devices are not 100% foolproof.
But talk about taking advantage of there own low end
Pro Tools users who Digi left with no choices but to
use there Le and M-audio drivers as well interfaces
which are crappy compared to the Firebox for example,
which has ClassA Mic Pres and sells for more less the
same as there USB M-Box mini (USB).
You are comparing Apples to Oranges (no pun intended). As in Bad drivers VS good mic pres.
I just need 4 ins, 8 outs if at all, S-PDIF to
connect my Tascam DAT, but i refuse to buy another
M-Audio Product again (there audio products anyway)
maybe MIDI like there "Axiom"., but never again, i
was just trying to replace a M-Audio Ozone which
froze the computer whenever the sound died and it had
to reboot, and now the Powermix i/o is even worse, it
has to reboot between sequencers for automation modes
and freezes from time to time.
Ouch. As I was told by Digidesign = "Stay away from M-Audio". I obey. I am Happy.
I am sure Digi made there higharchy of limitations to
M-Audio to also make there M-Box and 00 family work
better (look good)., and i hear they also have issues
with other 3rd party competitors, unless ofcourse you
buy something ovr 2000€ like the 003.
Now that is a very cool Speculation. From the Latin "Speculum"... Fact is, M-Audio firewire drivers are dodgy. And, if I had paid 20,000 USD for a TDM HD system, it had BETTER work flawlessly right out of the box, which they do, 99% of the time.
Cheers

Need advise on SQL Report base for APEX or jasper

Hello everyone,
I need some advise on how to approach this below report requirement. It has been bugging me for nearly 2 weeks now, and my time is running out.
Here is a simplified version of the database
Four tables: Defendant, Engagement, Service, Event.
A defendant can have more than 1 engagement, but they have only one open engagement at a time.
For each engagement, they will have services and events.
These events can be just general events or events that relates to the service.
Here is the script for the tables and sample data
CREATE TABLE "DEFENDANT"
   ("DEF_ID" NUMBER,
     "FIRST_NAME" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
     "LAST_NAME" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
     "ACTIVE" NUMBER DEFAULT 1
Insert into DEFENDANT (DEF_ID,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,ACTIVE) values (1,'Joe','Bloggs',1);
Insert into DEFENDANT (DEF_ID,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,ACTIVE) values (2,'John','Doe',1);
CREATE TABLE "ENGAGEMENT"
   ("ENG_ID" NUMBER,
     "DEF_ID" NUMBER,
     "COURT_NAME" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
     "DATE_JOINED" DATE,
     "DATE_TERMINATED" DATE,
     "ETHNICITY" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
     "ACTIVE" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE)
Insert into ENGAGEMENT (ENG_ID,DEF_ID,COURT_NAME,DATE_JOINED,DATE_TERMINATED,ETHNICITY,ACTIVE) values (1,1,'AAA',to_date('01/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('20/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),'European','1');
Insert into ENGAGEMENT (ENG_ID,DEF_ID,COURT_NAME,DATE_JOINED,DATE_TERMINATED,ETHNICITY,ACTIVE) values (2,2,'BBB',to_date('01/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,'Asian','1');
Insert into ENGAGEMENT (ENG_ID,DEF_ID,COURT_NAME,DATE_JOINED,DATE_TERMINATED,ETHNICITY,ACTIVE) values (3,1,'AAA',to_date('22/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,'European','1');
CREATE TABLE "EVENT"
   ("EVENT_ID" NUMBER,
     "ENG_ID" NUMBER,
     "NOTES" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
     "RELATED_SERVICE_ID" NUMBER,
     "START_DATE" DATE,
     "END_DATE" DATE,
     "ACTIVE" NUMBER DEFAULT 1
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (1,1,null,1,to_date('01/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('02/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (2,1,null,1,to_date('23/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (3,1,null,2,to_date('15/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('16/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (4,2,null,null,to_date('02/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (5,2,null,2,to_date('03/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (6,3,null,null,to_date('22/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('23/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (7,3,null,4,to_date('23/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (8,2,null,null,to_date('12/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
CREATE TABLE "SERVICE"
   (     "SERVICE_ID" NUMBER,
     "ENG_ID" NUMBER,
     "DESCRIPTION" VARCHAR2(200 BYTE),
     "DATE_STARTED" DATE,
     "DATE_TERMINATED" DATE,
     "ACTIVE" NUMBER DEFAULT 1
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (1,1,'Counselling',to_date('15/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('18/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (2,1,'Housing',to_date('20/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (3,2,'Treatment',to_date('01/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('15/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (4,3,'Housing',null,null,1);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (5,1,'Other',to_date('05/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,0);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (6,2,'Treatment',to_date('16/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);****
And this is the view I am thinking to use as the base for the report
CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE VIEW "BASE_VW"
AS
SELECT Def.Def_Id,
    Def.First_Name,
    Def.Last_Name,
    Eng.Eng_Id,
    Eng.Court_Name,
    Eng.Date_Joined,
    Eng.Date_Terminated,
    Eng.Ethnicity,
    Ser.Service_Id,
    Ser.Description,
    Ser.Date_Started    AS Service_Start_Date,
    Ser.Date_Terminated AS Service_Date_Terminated,
    Ser.Active          AS Service_Active,
    Ev.Event_Id,
    Ev.Related_Service_Id,
    Ev.Start_Date,
    Ev.End_Date,
    Ev.Notes,
    ev.active AS event_active
FROM Defendant Def
LEFT OUTER JOIN Engagement Eng
ON Def.Def_Id = Eng.Def_Id
LEFT OUTER JOIN Service Ser
ON Eng.Eng_Id = Ser.Eng_Id
LEFT OUTER JOIN Event Ev
ON Ev.Eng_Id = Eng.Eng_Id;****
Requirement:
Report parameter: Start Date, End Date, Court_name
From chosen Court_name, list defendants who currently engage in the court.
For each defendant display
Section 1: Identifying Details: First Name, Last Name, Ethnicity, Date Joined Court
Section 2: All Services currently active that the defendant attend
Section 3: All Events that related to the service that the defendant attend
Section 4: All other events (don't have Related Service ID)
User must be able to download the whole report in spreadsheet or PDF format.
I did try to create a set of union selects (but the format is not that good, when no data return it display nothing, I would rather show some messages like "There is no associated events, rather than nothing")
and it only produces report for 1 defendant at a time.
We use Oracle APEX , so only select statement or PL/SQL Code return select statement is valid for report source.
In our place we use Jasper Report adjacent to APEX, but I have very little experience with Jasper report.
The developer who knows a lot about jasper report is too busy to help me.
Currently, I use union selects like below:
With Current_Engagement As
( Select Eng_Id From Engagement
Where Def_Id =2
And Date_Joined Is Not Null
And ( Date_Terminated Is Null Or Date_Terminated > Sysdate)
And Rownum =1
Select '1.Defendant ID' as col1, 'First Name' as col2, 'Last Name' as col3, 'Court Name' as col4, 'Ethnicity' as col5, 'Date Joined' as col6, 'Date Terminated' as col7
From Dual
Union All
Select Distinct to_char(Def_Id), First_Name, Last_Name, Court_Name, Ethnicity, to_char(Date_Joined), to_char(Date_Terminated)
From Base_Vw Inner Join Current_Engagement Ce On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
Union All
select '2.Service ID', 'Service Description', 'Start Date', 'End Date', Null, Null, Null
from dual
Union All
Select distinct to_char(service_id), description, to_char(service_start_date), to_char(service_date_terminated), null, null, null
From Base_Vw Inner Join Current_Engagement Ce On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
where service_active =1
Union All
Select '3.Event ID', 'Related Service ID', 'Start Date', 'End date', 'Notes', null, null
From Dual
Union All
Select distinct to_char(event_id), to_char(related_service_id), to_char(start_date), to_char(end_date), notes, null, null
from Base_Vw Inner Join Current_Engagement Ce On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
Where Event_Active = 1
and related_service_id is not null
Union All
Select '4.Event ID', 'Start Date', 'End date', 'Notes', null, null, null
From Dual
Union All
Select distinct to_char(event_id), to_char(start_date), to_char(end_date), notes, null, null, null
From Base_Vw Inner Join Current_Engagement Ce On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
Where Event_Active = 1
and related_service_id is nulland the result is kind of what I try to achieve (except that I need to work on display a message 'No data found' rather than nothing), But it seems that my code works only for one defendant.
COL1                           COL2                           COL3                           COL4                 COL5                 COL6        COL7
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                      Court Name           Ethnicity            Date Joined Date Terminated
2                              John                           Doe                            BBB                  Asian                01/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                     End Date
3                              Treatment                      01/10/12                       15/10/12
6                              Treatment                      16/10/12
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                     End date             Notes
5                              2                              03/10/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                       Notes
4                              02/10/12
8                              12/10/12
10 rows selected
     However, I struggle to find a way to apply this to more than 1 defendant and still keep the format.
Defendant 1
All details related to defendant 1
Defendant 2
All details relayed to defendant 2
Defendant n
All details relayed to defendant nIs it possible to display a report as above by using only SQL script ?
Thanks a lot in advance. I am willing to compensate financially to someone who can give me a solution.
Edited by: Ann586341. View base_vw SQL script is fixed.

Thanks a lot Jeneesh. (You are really a guru.)
It is nearly 98% what the requirements ask for.
I just have one more question.
If I add more information into the database, just one more defendant
Insert into DEFENDANT (DEF_ID,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,ACTIVE) values (3,'Minnie','Mouse',1);
--and one in Engagement table
Insert into ENGAGEMENT (ENG_ID,DEF_ID,COURT_NAME,DATE_JOINED,DATE_TERMINATED,ETHNICITY,ACTIVE) values (4,3,'BBB',to_date('05/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,'Latin America','1');Then I run the select statment again (without changing anything)
With Current_Engagement As
( Select Eng_Id
From Engagement
Where /*Def_Id =2
And*/ Date_Joined Is Not Null
And ( Date_Terminated Is Null Or Date_Terminated > Sysdate)
--And Rownum =1
titles as
( Select .9 dummy_rn,'1.Defendant ID' as col1, 'First Name' as col2, 'Last Name' as col3,
    'Court Name' as col4, 'Ethnicity' as col5, 'Date Joined' as col6,
    'Date Terminated' as col7
From Dual
union all
select 1.9,'2.Service ID', 'Service Description', 'Start Date', 'End Date',
    Null, Null, Null
from dual
union all
Select 2.9,'3.Event ID', 'Related Service ID', 'Start Date', 'End date', 'Notes',
    null, null
From Dual
Union All
Select 3.9,'4.Event ID', 'Start Date', 'End date', 'Notes', null, null, null
From Dual
all_titles as
( select dummy_rn,eng_id,col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7
from current_engagement,titles
select col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7
from (
      select dummy_rn,eng_id,col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7
      from all_titles
      Union All
      Select Distinct 1,ce.eng_id,decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(Def_Id)) def_id,
                      decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',First_Name) First_Name,
                      decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',last_Name) Last_Name,
                      decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',court_Name) Court_Name,
                      decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',ethnicity) Ethnicity,
             to_char(Date_Joined), to_char(Date_Terminated)
      From Base_Vw
              right outer join Current_Engagement Ce
              On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
      Union All
      Select distinct 2,ce.eng_id,
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(service_id)),
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',description) ,
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(service_start_date)),
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(service_date_terminated)) ,
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null)
      From Base_Vw
              right outer Join Current_Engagement Ce
              On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
      where service_active =1
      Union All
      Select distinct 3,ce.eng_id,
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(event_id)),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(related_service_id)),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(start_date)),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(end_date)),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',notes),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null)
      from Base_Vw
           right outer Join Current_Engagement Ce
           On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
      Where Event_Active = 1
      and related_service_id is not null
      Union All
      Select distinct 4,ce.eng_id,
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(event_id)),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(start_date)),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(end_date)),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',notes),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null)
      From Base_Vw
          right outer Join Current_Engagement Ce
          On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
      Where Event_Active = 1
      and related_service_id is null
order by eng_id,dummy_rn,col1
;The result is
COL1                           COL2                           COL3                      COL4                 COL5                      COL6        COL7
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
2                              John                           Doe                       BBB                  Asian                     01/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
3                              Treatment                      01/10/12                  15/10/12
6                              Treatment                      16/10/12
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
5                              2                              03/10/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
4                              02/10/12
8                              12/10/12
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
1                              Joe                            Bloggs                    AAA                  European                  22/09/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
4                              Housing
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
7                              4                              23/09/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
6                              22/09/12                       23/09/12
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
3                              Minnie                         Mouse                     BBB                  Latin America             05/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
23 rows selected Is it possible in SQL to display it like this
COL1                           COL2                           COL3                      COL4                 COL5                      COL6        COL7
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
2                              John                           Doe                       BBB                  Asian                     01/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
3                              Treatment                      01/10/12                  15/10/12
6                              Treatment                      16/10/12
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
5                              2                              03/10/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
4                              02/10/12
8                              12/10/12
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
1                              Joe                            Bloggs                    AAA                  European                  22/09/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
4                              Housing
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
7                              4                              23/09/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
6                              22/09/12                       23/09/12
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
3                              Minnie                         Mouse                     BBB                  Latin America             05/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
No Service Found
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
No Event Found
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
No Event FoundOr just a 'No data found' would do. I am thinking about create a dummy table which contains only one row with text "There is no data found". And so the outer join with the result, but I still cannot work out how to integrate with the condition in your select statement.
I really appreciate your help.

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