Line break in pl/sql block

Question

Here's my code, which indeed, may be cumbersome, but works:
declare
v_id NUMBER;
v_iso VARCHAR2(30);
v_title VARCHAR2(60);
v_approval_req VARCHAR2(10);
v_approved VARCHAR2(10);
v_job_desc VARCHAR2(60);
v_user VARCHAR2(30);
v_get_user VARCHAR2(60) := :P101_USERNAME;
v_get_user2 VARCHAR2(60) := :P101_USERNAME;
v_num_docs NUMBER;
v_num_rejected NUMBER;
v_count NUMBER := 0;
BEGIN
CASE v_get_user
WHEN :P101_USERNAME THEN
SELECT COUNT(*) into v_num_docs
FROM doc_info, sh_job_description, sh_employees
WHERE doc_info.owner = sh_job_description.job_desc
and sh_job_description.job_desc_id = sh_employees.job_desc_id
and UPPER(doc_info.approval_req) = 'YES'
and (doc_info.approved is null
or UPPER(doc_info.approved) = 'NO')
and sh_employees.user_name = :P101_USERNAME
and sh_employees.user_name <> 'SH_LOCAL';
if v_num_docs  > 0  then
htp.bold('You have '||v_num_docs||' document(s) to approve.  Please click on the Approve Documents button below to do so.');
end if;
END CASE;
CASE v_get_USER2
WHEN :P101_USERNAME THEN
SELECT COUNT(*) into v_num_rejected
FROM doc_info, sh_job_description, sh_employees
WHERE doc_info.owner = sh_job_description.job_desc
and sh_job_description.job_desc_id = sh_employees.job_desc_id
and UPPER(doc_info.approval_req) = 'YES'
and UPPER(doc_info.approved) = 'REJECTED'
and sh_employees.user_name = :P101_USERNAME
and sh_employees.user_name <> 'SH_LOCAL';
if v_num_rejected  > 0  then 
htp.bold('You have '||v_num_rejected ||' rejected document(s) that have had updates made per your request.  Please click on the Approve Documents button below to review the changes, then approve if all changes are accepted.');
end if;
END CASE;
exception when others then null;
END;Here's the output:
You have 4 document(s) to approve. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to do so. *\n*You have 1 rejected document(s) that have had updates made per your request. Please click on the Approve Documents button below to review the changes, then approve if all changes are accepted. I have entered a bold /n where I need a line break. Silly, but I've tried many combos of \n and the break with a br and this < and this > (I can't get the real thing to post), concatenating and not, but haven't come up with it.
Off to lunch now, back in an hour.
TIA!!!!!

Answer 1

userRRRYB wrote:
Here's my codeFrom where? APEX version? Region? Process? Example on apex.oracle.com?
Fixed. I split it up into two different items, created a region for each, and placed the regions in position 1.Sounds like a lot of extra work.
I have entered a bold /n where I need a line break. Silly, but I've tried many combos of \n and the break with a br and this < and this > (I can't get the real thing to post), concatenating and not, but haven't come up with it.
How about instead of the \n, trying a chr(10) and possibly adding a chr(13)?
I've tried your exampleand htp.p(chr(13)); and suggestions?The HTML specification instructs user agents to collapse white space characters, so however many spaces, tabs, new lines, or carriage returns you add, using whatever notation, only a single space will actually be displayed.
>
htp.bold('<p>You have '||v_num_docs||' document(s) to approve.  Please click on the Approve Documents button below to do so.</p>');
htp.bold('<p>You have '||v_num_rejected ||' rejected document(s) that have had updates made per your request.  Please click on the Approve Documents button below to review the changes, then approve if all changes are accepted.</p>');It's also specified that inline elements can't contain block-level elements. <tt>b</tt> (as generated by <tt>htp.bold</tt>) is an inline element, while <tt>p</tt></a> is block-level.
In 2011 don't use any <tt>htf/htp</tt> element methods: the HTML generated by these packages is based on an archaic, unadopted HTML version and produces mark-up that is not valid for the XHTML DOCTYPEs used in APEX 4.0 themes. APEX itself stopped using them years ago.
Not knowing where in the page this information is intended to display, it's always safer to assume there is no open block-level container and provide one (such as <tt>div</tt> or <tt>p</tt>) in the emitted mark-up. Does
htp.p('<p>You have '||v_num_docs||' document(s) to approve.  Please click on the Approve Documents button below to do so.</p>');
htp.p('<p>You have '||v_num_rejected ||' rejected document(s) that have had updates made per your request.  Please click on the Approve Documents button below to review the changes, then approve if all changes are accepted.</p>');produce the required layout?
exception when others then null;Disaster waiting to happen.
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2006/08/ouch-that-hurts.html
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2007/03/dreaded-others-then-null-strikes-again.html
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-do-people-do-this.html
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2008/06/when-others-then-null-redux.html