Passing values and calling PL/SQL process via a column link

Question

Hello all
I have a report and a link on one of the columns which takes you to another page and passes data from the report to that page. That all works fine. In addition to picking up the details from the report I'd also like the link to call a page process before it goes to the next page using some of the values picked up from the report. This I can get to work by changing the link to a URL and putting in some javascript ie javascript:doSubmit('TEST_PROCESS'); By doing this I "lose" the ability to pass the info from the report via the link.
Can anyone give me a clue as to how I can achieve both please? I'm assuming I'll need to create my own javascript function but I don't know how to pick up information from a row in a report to pass on.
Regards
Helen

Answer 1

Lets say your link would pass 2 items P1_ITEM and P1_ITEM2 to your process. Just write a quick javascript function to do this and put it in the header:
<script type="text/javascript">
function doSomething(pValue1,pValue2){
  $s('P1_ITEM',pValue1);
  $s('P1_ITEM2',pValue2);
  doSubmit('TEST_PROCESS');
</script>This will set 2 hidden items equal to whatever you pass in. Then you can use these in your after-submit process. To call this from your url, just make the url:
javascript:doSomething(#COL1#,#COL2#);#COL1# and 2 being your report columns. This should do what you need i think