Report Template dependant of PLSQLEXPRESSION

Question

I have written a report template to vary a column format depending on a PLSQL Expression.
I want to have an expression like this in the 'Column Template 1 Expression' box.
MY_LIB.fIndicatorStateChange(1,#COLUMN_VALUE#)
or
MY_LIB.fIndicatorStateChange(1,v('#COLUMN_VALUE#'))
or
MY_LIB.fIndicatorStateChange(1,&COLUMN_VALUE.)
in all cases the second parameter comes up as NULL in the package.
I am using HTML version 1.6.
Can anyone help.
Thanks
Carlos

Answer 1

I am using the solution to embed the code in my report to change the font color based on some condition. It works great when my region type is SQL Query but it does not work when my region type is PL/SQL Funciton Body Returning SQL Query.
Here is a snippet of the code:
SELECT a.Dataset_ID Contents, a.Dataset_Name,
       CASE
          WHEN a.Final_Flag = 1 THEN
             '[span style="color:red">'||a.Dataset_Location||'[span>'
       ELSE 
             '[span style="color:black">'||a.Dataset_Location||'[span>'
       END AS Dataset_Location
FROM Datasets
[/pre]
When I do this using a PL/SQL Function body with the q:=q||q'! SELECT... Syntax I get the following error message:
"ORA-20001: Unable to bind :RED verify length of item is 30 bytes or less. Use v() syntax to reference items longer than 30 bytes. ORA-01006: bind variable does not exist."
It looks like it thinks the :RED is a find variable but it isn't.  Does anyone know of a way to fix this?
(I also tried using decode instead of case and I still got the same error)
Thanks
- Brian