Problem creating tree on a synonym

Question

I am attempting to create a Tree on top of a synonym which points to a table through a database link.
Unfortunately, when I get to the "Query" step in the Tree wizard, the "ID", "Parent ID" and "Leaf Node Text" combo boxes are all empty, even though HTML DB appears to have accepted that my table is valid (it doesn't complain that the table doesn't exist on the prior step).
Could I be doing something wrong here, or might this be an issue?

Answer 1

hey sean--
that tree-on-synonym issue is actually a known one for now in html db. see, we do have some issues when working with db-linked synonymed objects in our wizards, so that's why you're not seeing those columns available on that "Identify Query" page. the issue's slated to be addressed in a post-production release of html db, but you can get around it for now by creating a local view on your remote table and building your tree off of that. you could even go back into your tree's query definition and point it back directly to your synonym (or table@db_link).
hope this helps,
raj
ps-to add a tree to an existing page, simply indicate that existing page number on the first page of the Tree wizard.
[Edited by: rmattama on Dec 29, 2003 5:31 PM]