Problems with in pl/sql -

Question

I am working on dispalying
the employee photo as per the sample code in people app application.
SELECT H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_ID, nvl(ltrim(H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_FNAME ||'
' || H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_LNAME), EMP_USERNAME) name,
H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_TITLE title, H_EMPLOYEE_VW.DEPT_NAME
dept,nvl(H_EMPLOYEE_VW.BUILDING_NAME,' ') building,
H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_EMAIL email,HPO.H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_DOH
hiredate,H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_BDAY
birthday,HPO.H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_PHEXT phone,
'<IMG SRC="'|| decode(HARPO_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_PHOTO_PATH,
'','/p_images/sbrmap_harpo.gif', owa_util.get_cgi_env('DOC_ACCESS_PATH')
|| '/' || H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_PHOTO_PATH) ||'">' image FROM
HPO.H_EMPLOYEE_VW WHERE H_EMPLOYEE_VW.EMP_ID = :employee_id
If I use this <IMG SRC="/p_images/sbrmap_hpo.gif"> in display, image is
getting displayed correctly. But If I use <#image.FIELD#>(which how we are
supposed to since we nee to get that runtime not hardcoded), its generating
the html as below
<TD ROWSPAN="2">&lt;IMG SRC=&quot;/p_images/sbrmap_hpo.gif&quot;&gt;
</TD>And this is causing the image tag not to be interpreted
correctly.
Is there any pl/sql function taht I can use for < not o be converted into &gt; ??
Any help is appreciated
Thx

Answer 1

Michael,
First, there is no need to use "_xxx" style variables, those are used internally in the package to avoid conflicts with user-defined variables.
Second, the purpose of "before processing..." and "after processing..." is more like "What kind of additional operations do you want to perform?", besides any DML operations, those are handled by the buttons PLSQL handlers. For example, I want to keep a separate log of actions the users of my form have performed. That kind of stuff.
Thanks,
Dmitry
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