Master Detail Form - How 2 update a field in the Detail form using a query?

Question

Hello,
I have a master detail form with, each master record having a fixed(6) number of detail records. One of the fields in the detail record is the PART_DESCRIPTION field. I am trying to update this field by querying Table_X. TABLE_X is in the format of (desciption id, description). Description id runs from 1 to 6.
When the form displays, the PART_DESCRIPTION field for the 6 detail records needs to be automatically populated with the six values of description stored in Table_X. How can this be done?
Tried using session storage objects, but made no headway.
Would greatly appreciate pointers on how to go about doing this.
Thanks.
Dev

Answer 1

If you are on a Portal Version lesser than 3.0.9.8.3, then please try the following to populate
the PART_DESCRIPTION field.
Steps:-
1> Edit the form and go to the Additional PL/SQl section and put the following code in the
"...after displaying the page area" :-
declare
type t_vc_arr is table of varchar2(4000) index by binary_integer;
l_arr_desc t_vc_arr;
l_form_name varchar2(200);
l_form_state varchar2(500);
begin
l_form_name := p_session.get_module().get_name();
l_form_state := p_session.get_value_as_varchar2(
p_block_name => 'MASTER_BLOCK',
p_attribute_name => '_FORM_STATE'
if l_form_state = 'QUERY_AND_SAVE' then
select description
bulk collect into l_arr_desc
from <schema>.table_x;
htp.p('
<script>
var descArr = new Array();
var Fidx = 1;
var formObj = document.WWVM'||p_session.get_id()||';
var fieldName = "'||l_form_name||'.DETAIL_BLOCK.PART_DESCRIPTION.0";
for i in 1..l_arr_desc.count loop
htp.p('descArr['||to_char(i-1)||']="'||l_arr_desc(i)||'";');
end loop;
htp.p('
for (var i=0; i < formObj.length; i++){
if (formObj.elements.name == fieldName+Fidx){
formObj.elements[i].value = descArr[Fidx-1];
++Fidx;
htp.p('</script>');
end if;
end;