Need help with case when

Create global temporary table d_desc1
( discrep_id NUMBER
,desc_1 VARCHAR2(110)
Create global temporary table d_desc2
( discrep_id NUMBER
,desc_2 VARCHAR2(110)
INSERT INTO
d_desc1
SELECT distinct
d.discrep_id
,NVL(dd.discrep_desc,'') as desc_1
FROM
discrep_ d
,discrep_desc_ dd
WHERE
d.discrep_id = dd.discrep_id
AND dd.DISCREP_DESC_SEQUENCE = 1
AND dd.html_ind <> 'Y'
AND dd.discrep_desc <> '<br>'
AND dd.discrep_desc NOT LIKE '<font Class=%'
AND d.discrep_id in (915606255, 879868258, 826503010, 824812060)
AND d.discrep_date >= '01-jan-2009'
AND d.discrep_date <= to_date('31-jan-2009')+1;
INSERT INTO
d_desc2
SELECT distinct
d.discrep_id
,case when d1.discrep_id = dd.discrep_id then d1.desc_1 || '' || dd.discrep_desc
when d1.discrep_id <> dd.discrep_id then dd.discrep_desc as desc_2
FROM
discrep_ d
,discrep_desc_ dd
WHERE
d.discrep_id = dd.discrep_id
AND dd.DISCREP_DESC_SEQUENCE = 2
AND dd.html_ind <> 'Y'
AND dd.discrep_desc <> '<br>'
AND dd.discrep_desc NOT LIKE '<font Class=%'
AND d.discrep_id IN (915606255, 879868258, 826503010, 824812060)
AND d.discrep_date >= '01-jan-2009'
AND d.discrep_date <= to_date('31-jan-2009')+1;
CREATE TABLE DISCREP_
(     DISCREP_ID NUMBER,
     DISCREP_DATE DATE, )
CREATE TABLE DISCREP_DESC_
(     DISCREP_ID NUMBER,
     DISCREP_DESC_SEQUENCE NUMBER ,
     DISCREP_DESC_DATE DATE ,
     DISCREP_DESC NVARCHAR2(100) ,
     HTML_IND CHAR(1 BYTE) ,
     PERSON_ID NUMBER
discrep_desc for a given discrep_id can have several discrep_desc_sequence for the same date. I need to put them on one line and be able to query it by discrep_id to update a column in another table with the data. I don't plan to use global temporary tables in my procedure for this but to test it for now I am using them. the case statement is giving me d1.desc_1 || '' || dd.discrep_desc and dd.discrep_desc for a given discrep_id instead of just dd.discrep_desc if the discrep_id isn't in d_desc1 and d1.desc_1 || '' || dd.discrep_desc if the discrep_id is in both tables. the first insert should give you 3 rows and the second insert should only give you 3. 826503010 is only in d_desc2 and 879868258 is only in d_desc1. if you know of a loop or anything else that might work better please give me an idea how to write it. I am using oracle 10g.
thanks.

figured out myself. Thanks.

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So I guess that brings us to our problem.. a few years back and at the height of the recession and near bankruptcy myself, I was damn lucky and hit on something and began a small arts and crafts supply service to sell my products online to a very "niche market" ...I had a unique product and still sell that product (plus others) online...My website is www.vinylcouture.com...Strange? Yes...but there is a market it seems, for everything now, and this is the market I service...Catagorically, these are 99%+ women that use these "adhesive, sticky backed vinyl products" to make different "craft items" that are just way too various and numerous to go into... generally older women, women who are computer illiterate for the most part...and all this is irrelevant to my problem, but I want you to have every bit of background on this and especially the demographic we are dealing with, so we can get right to the meat of the problem.
OK...So about two years ago, I decided to offer a "plain sheet" product of a plain colored "stick back" vinyl... it is available in multiple quantities of packs ( like 5 pieces, 10 pieces, 15 pieces, in a packi & so on)...and if you are still on my site.. go to any "GO RIGHT TO OUR ORDER PAGE" button, scroll down a little...and then to the "PLAIN VINYL" section...you will see the Weebly website order process.) You can back out from here, I think,..but, anyway this product is available in 63 colors + or - a few. So then the problem is, how do they select their individual colors within that (whatever) pack?... .
So my initial idea was to enable a "selection form" for these "colors" that would be transmitted to me via email as 'part" of the "order process".. We tried getting our customers to submit a " a list" ( something my competitiors still do, lol, poor bastards)......but that..is just unbelievable..I can't even begin to tell you what a freakin' nightmare that was...these people cannot even count to 10, much less any higher... figuring out what colors to list and send me... well, lets just say, it wasn't working......I had to figure out a better way...Something had to be done.
So after thinking this all out, and yeah...due to my total ignorance, i figured that we could make a form with Live Cycle Designer (Now Forms Central)...(back then something that was bundled with Adobe Acrobat Pro), I believe, and thats what this thing was authored in... and it would be all good...LOL!
Well not so simple...as you well know, Adobe Acrobat would NOT LET YOU EMAIL anything from itself.....it just wouldn't work (and I know why, and all that hooey), but not being one to take NO for answer,.I started looking for a way to make my little gizmo work.. So I found this company that said they can "hijack" (re-direct actually) the request to email, bypass the wah-wah, and re-transmit it to the proper parties.....for less than $100 a year, I think...its called http://pdf-fillableforms.com/.
A nice gentleman named Joseph Silva helped us program the thing to go to his servers and back out. Please dont hassle them...I need them...for now..it basically does work...try it...you should get back a copy of the form that you filled out...good luck however, if you're on MAC OSX or similar...
I have included a copy of both of our forms (and feel free to fill it out and play with it)...just put test somewhere on it...(and you must include YOUR email or it will balk)..they are supposed to be mostly identical, except one seems to be twice as large....generating a 1.7 meg file upon submission, while the other one only generates a 600K file or so...thats another issue for another day or maybe you can advise on that also...
OK so far so good......In our shop, once Grandma buys a 10 pack (or whatever), Only then she gets to the link on her receipt page ro the relevant "selection form" ,(this prevents "Filling and Sending" with "no order" and "no payment", another early problem we had)... which they can click on and it will usually download and open up on their device if all goes well...Then our little form is supposed to be fillable and is supposed to ADD UP all the quantities, so grandma knows how many she is buying and so forth right on the fly, and even while she changes her mind..., and IT'S LARGE so grandma can see it, and then it TOTALS it all up for them, ( cause remember, they can NOT add).., except there is a programming bug (mouse-click should be a mouse-up probably or something..) which makes you click in the blank spaces to get to a correct TOTAL...about 70-80% of our customers can enable all these features and usually the process completes without problems for them especially on PC's running Windows OS and Acrobat Reader X or XI...at least for most... Unfortunately it is still not the "seamless process" I would like or had envisioned for the other folks out there that do have trouble using our form.... Many folks report to us the following issues that we know of. First of all it takes too much time to load up...We know its HUGE...is there anyway that you can see, to streamline this thing? I would love for it to be more compact...this really helps on the phones and pads as I'm sure you well know.
Some just tell us,"it WON'T work"....I believe this is because they are totally out of it and dont even have Adobe Reader on their machine, & don't know how to get it ( yes, we provide the links).....or it's some ancient version....no one can stop this one...
It almost always generates some kind ( at least one time) of "error message" which we do warn them about..., telling one, basically that "Acrobat doesnt even like this happening at all, and it could be detrimental to ones computer files", blah-blah...(this freaks grandma out really bad)...& usually they end up not even trying to send it... and then I get calls that even you wouldn't believe...& If they DO nut up and push the Red "Submit Form" button, it will usually send the thing to us (and also back to them at the "required email address" they furnished on the form, thats what the folks at the "fillable forms place" do) so, if it's performing it's functions, why it is having to complain?. What are we doing wrong?....and how can I fix it?...Will re-compiling it or saving it as a newer version of "FormsCentral" correct any of these problems ?
Ok, so that should keep you busy for a minute and we can start out with those problems...but the next thing is, how can I take advantage of YOUR re-direct & hosting services?, And will it get rid of the error messages, and the slowness, and the iOS incompatibilities ? (amazingly, the last iOS Reader version worked almost OK.. but the newest version doesnt seem to work with my form on my iphone4) If it will enable any version of the iOS to send my form correctly and more transparently, then it might be worth the money...$14.95 a MONTH you say. hmmmmm...Better be good.
Another problem is, that I really don't need 5000 forms a month submitted. I think its like 70-100 or less....Got any plans for that? Maybe I'm just not BIG ENOUGH to use Adobe's services, however in this case, I really don't care whose I do use as long as the product works most correctly for my customers as well as us. Like I said, If I'm doing the best I can, I won't change anything, and still use the other third party, If Adobe has a better solution, then i'm all for that as well. In the meantime, Thanks for any help you can provide on this...
Michael Corman
VinylCouture.com
(706) 326-7911

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