Report dependant on portal username

Question

i have been following the forums regarding the retrieval of usernames for reporting purposes.
i have created a view based on the WWCTX_API.get_user.
selecting from this is fine, and i returns my username to the page.....however if i run the following query
select dept.username
from matt_dept_user dept,
pot_merc_user_mmg mmg
where dept.username = mmg.username
matt_dept_user being the view which i have created and pot_merc_user_mmg being the referencing table.
when i run this, i get the following error...
Failed to parse query
Error: ORA-00918: column ambiguously defined (WWV-11230)
Failed to parse as MNUNN - select dept.username from matt_dept_user dept, pot_merc_user_mmg mmg where dept.username = mmg.username order by rowid (WWV-08300)
Error: Unable to execute query (WWV-10201)
Any ideas?????
Matt.

Answer 1

Matthew,
try this query instead
select dept.username
from matt_dept_user dept,
pot_merc_user_mmg mmg
where dept.username = mmg.username
order by dept.username
OR
select dept.username
from matt_dept_user dept,
pot_merc_user_mmg mmg
where dept.username = mmg.username
order by dept.rowid
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NOTE: I have supplied an order by clause
at the end.
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If it still fails then pls post it with error msg, version.
Thanx,
Chetan.