Radio buttons and SQL

Question

Hi,
I have a column in my database called buy_or_share. I have
the type set at ENUM ('buy', 'share') and default as: buy. I am
building a search page for users to search whether they want to buy
or share (in the form of a radio group) and then a search bar for
the user to type into freely what product, category, or store name
they are seeking.
I have tried to attach dynamic radio feature to the buttons
and I've also tried quite a few different ideas with the recordset,
but nothing has worked. When I search for a product, I am given
results of the product for both buy and share so obviously the
radio group isn't separating the results to either buy or share.
The trouble is that I don't know what I'm doing wrong, is it
something with the radio group? the recordset? the dynamic form
elements? my php code, should I have a conditional statement
surrounding the buttons so that if 'buy' is true then retrieve the
database for 'buy' else 'share' true then get that information,
else neither are true display 'no results'?... Thank you for the
help!
I have attached the relevant code...
Brad

Answer 1

Hi,
One way to achieve this would be to
Create an Item 'Radiogroup (with Submit)' called PXX_RADIO and enter 'STATIC:SQL 1;1,SQL 2;2,SQL 3;3' in the List of values definition
Create a region of type 'SQL Query (PL/SQL function body returning SQL query) and enter
begin
IF :PXX_RADIO = 1
THEN
return 'Select 1 from dual;';
ELSIF :PXX_RADIO = 2
THEN
return 'Select 2,2 from dual;';
ELSIF :PXX_RADIO = 3
THEN
return 'Select 3,3,3 from dual;';
end if;
end;
Set the region to use 'Use Generic Column Names (parse query at runtime only)
In the regions conditional display set condition type to 'Value of Item in Expression 1 is NOT NULL' and enter PXX_RADIO in Expression 1
So depending on the value of the radiogroup the relevant SQL is executed.
Hope this helps
Regards
Paul