Nested report howto?

Question

Hi all-
I'm trying to create a report on two tables in sort of a master/detail relationship. I have an EMPLOYEE table and a SALARY table that maintains yearly salary info for each employee (a 1:N relationship). I'd like the report to look something like this:
LastName FirstName JobTitle  FY     Salary
Smith    Bill      Sys Admin 06/07  70000
                             05/06  63000
Jones    Sara      Web Dev   06/07  55000
                             05/06  50000
                             04/05  45000
------------------------------------------I'm guessing this needs a custom report template, but I haven't been able to find an example of one in which each row runs a second query (to get the salary info for the employee in the current row). Can anyone help me get started?
Thanks!
Rob

Answer 1

Hi Rob,
Andy's suggestion seems to fit best for your purpose.
In my recent project I have used a different approach to include details in a report.
I have written a stored function that generates the html from a different query.
   FUNCTION get_produkte_display_f (p_auftrag_id NUMBER)
      RETURN VARCHAR2
   IS
      l_str   VARCHAR2 (32767);
   BEGIN
      l_str    := '<table class="inlineProduktTable">';
      l_str    :=
            l_str
         || '<tr><th>Division</th><th>Produkt</th><th>Anzahl</th><th>Preis</th></tr>';
      FOR cur IN (SELECT   produkt_anzahl, reihenfolge, produkt_preis,
                           ist_bundle_produkt, ebene1, PATH, bezeichnung
                      FROM tpa_umsatz u, tpa_produkt_rl_v p
                     WHERE u.auftrag_id = p_auftrag_id
                       AND u.produkt_id = p.produkt_id
                  ORDER BY TO_NUMBER (ist_bundle_produkt), reihenfolge)
      LOOP
         l_str    := l_str || '<tr>';
         l_str    :=
               l_str
            || '<td>'
            || cur.ebene1
            || '</td><td>'
            || cur.bezeichnung
            || '</td><td>'
            || cur.produkt_anzahl
            || '</td><td>'
            || NVL (TO_CHAR (cur.produkt_preis), 'n/v')
            || '</td>';
         l_str    := l_str || '</tr>';
      END LOOP;
      l_str    := l_str || '</table>';
      RETURN l_str;
   END;Just include the result of the stored function in your select list:
SELECT a.auftrag_id, erfasst_am,
       tpa_auftrag_pck.get_produkte_display_f (a.auftrag_id) produkte,
       a.vp_nr
  FROM tpa_auftrag_aktiv_v aThe result will look like this<A>.
Regards,
~Dietmar.