Multi Value Parameter Passing

Question

Hi,
I have created a SQL based HTML DB report that takes the dynamic value from textbox for SQL bind parameter .
SQL is
Select * from employees where emp_id IN ( :P9_EMPID);
emp_id is of Number type.
When i pass a single employee id value in the Text box, the report runs fine.But when I try to pass multiple values like 222,333,444 as I am using IN clause in my sql then it fails with following error:
report error:
ORA-01722: invalid number
Is it possible to pass multiple values to a SQL report through single bind variable irrespective of type of data?
Can we also pass these multi values through URL?...as such URL does'nt allow the comma and colon separated values as it treats them differently
Thanks
AJ

Answer 1

When you do this in a report region of type SQL query, you’re producing an invalid SQL statement. However you could use a report region of type PL/SQL function returning SQL query. In the PL/SQL code you could assemble you SQL statement properly, and then have the report based on the return value of your PL/SQL function, e.g.:
begin
return 'select * from employees where emp_id in ('||:P9_EMPID||')';
end;
Regards,
Marc