Lexical parameter in select statement showing null or column name in xml tag instead of value

Hi,
i am using lexical parameter in report select statement as
Select &order value from oe_order_headers_all a where order_number ='7889'
and setting : order:='a.order_number'; in after parameter form trigger.
lexical parameter intial value set to null
when i run this report , its not showing order number in output ,its showing null or a.order_number as text.
Please help.

try this
Select &order data_show
from oe_order_headers_all
where order_number ='7889'
and setting :order:='order_number'; in after parameter form trigger.
Hope this helps
Hamid

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Use lexical parameter in select statement

Hi,
I have a report like below:
select d.dname, &par1 mgrSal, &par2 empSal from emp e, dept d where d.deptno=e.deptno
and d.deptno = :dno;
Here the &par1 and &par2 are calling a function like:
:par1 := ' f(:dno, :job)';
in the after parameter form. the function returns a number ( something like count(*) or max(sal) ).
Now the reports server (6i) generats error message:
inlalid column or miss expression.
What is the right way for this kind of report? Please help me.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi,
I have a report like below:
select d.dname, &par1 mgrSal, &par2 empSal from emp e, dept d where d.deptno=e.deptno
and d.deptno = :dno;
Here the &par1 and &par2 are calling a function like:
:par1 := ' f(:dno, :job)';
in the after parameter form. the function returns a number ( something like count(*) or max(sal) ).
Now the reports server (6i) generats error message:
inlalid column or miss expression.
What is the right way for this kind of report? Please help me.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Try debugging it in the same good old way.
What you have stated seems to have no problem
but you never know. So In the after param form see whether it is actually setting a value to your parameter.
If that is Ok I dont think you should have problems.
But there are two things which look odd here. since the Parameter value is not changing after the after param form why do you need it in the query?
Second If you are trying to display the departments thier emp count and max salary I think You can use straight selects than anyhting else.
Try doing it
vij

Discoverer reports shows 'NULL' in columns where is no data

Hi All,
Discoverer report is showing NULL in columns where is no data.
please advise ASAP.
E-biz: 12.0.6
Database: 11.2.0.2
Discoverer: 10.1.2.55.26
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Kumar

In Discoverer BI DEsktop By default, it uses “NULL” text, but we can show Zero or blank then that report is executed as text report.
how can we set it as for all reports as default blank or zero.Have you reviewed the docs referenced above?
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Generation of XML Tags for columns in Lexical parameter in select query

Hi,
I have lexical parameter in my select statement of my data model in the report.
How do i generate XML tags for these columns inside a Lexical Parameter?
Simple Example: I have data model query as follows:
SELECT msi.inventory_item_id
&LP_SELECT
FROM mtl_system_items_b
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:LP_SELECT := 'msi.segment1,msi.description';
So, the question is how to generate XML Tags for columns in Lexical Parameter(as in the example above, i need XML tags for these columns - segment1 and description)
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try this
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Hope this helps
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Passing value as a parameter in select statement

Hi,
Very simple query, how do I pass the values that i get in the cursor to a select statement. If table1 values are 1,2,3,4 etc , each time the cursor goes through , I will get one value in the variable - Offer
So I want to pass that value to the select statement.. how do i do it?
the one below does not work.
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Hi Greg,
Thanks for the response, No there is no ODB.net involved here.
If I remove the : from :offer. I get this error now.
Changed SQL is:
select * from table1 f where f.filter_name =offer ;
Error report:
ORA-06550: line 16, column 23:
PL/SQL: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
ORA-06550: line 16, column 9:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
06550. 00000 - "line %s, column %s:\n%s"
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*Action:

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I have a parameter form with a value for the fiscal year and equipment ID. I want to populate the equipment ID list of values based on the fiscal year that is selected.
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Hi,
What version of Oracle Reports are you using?
Unfortunately, it is a limitation of Oracle Reports to not restrict values based on other parameters - for sure until Reports 6i and I believe until the recent new versions.
The other way to do what you want to do is to do it outside of Reports, if you have an Oracle Forms application. For example, you can create a simple Oracle Form that captures the Report parameters and then submits the report from the Forms. In Forms, you can implement the solution you are looking for - restricting values based on values of other parameters. In reports, you can't do that.
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Passing parameter into select statement by using function in discoverer

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But i am getting no data found.
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You can use this code:
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Lexical parameter in SELECT INTO (Very Urgent)

I have to write a query which takes some value & put it into a variable. but i have to use lexical parameter in my query.
e.g
select sal into v_sal
from emp
where deptno=20 &p_lexpara;
the form amd report builder do not compile this syntax & give error on &p_lexpara
Pl. help me out
Thanks

In Report Builder you can not use clause INTO.
Correct one is:
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from emp
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In Forms you can not use lexical parameter but you can create lexical parameter in CREATE_GROUP_FROM_QUERY. So you can create record group in this way and then use lexical parameter like:
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rg_name VARCHAR2(40) := 'Salary';
rg_id RecordGroup;
errcode NUMBER;
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** Make sure group doesn't already exist
rg_id := Find_Group( rg_name );
** If it does not exist, create it and add the two
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Hi,
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in the universe has 1000+ tables.
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