Report template - How to reference COLNUM in the col template condition?

Question

Hi,
I have a query with 4 columns. based on this query I would like to make a report with a row layout that looks something like this:
| column1 value |
| column2 value | column3 value | column4 value |
I created a report template, four column templates: one for column 1, one for the following columns and one for the las column of the report.
My problem is that when I reference *#COLNUM#* like mod(#COLNUM#,4) = 1 in the Column Template condition fields, then I get *'ORA-06550: line 1, column 34: PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "#" when expecting one of the following: ( ) - +....'*
Is referencing COLNUM not allowed in the Column Template Condition field?
Tamas
Edited by: Tamas Szecsy on Jul 16, 2011 11:33 PM

Answer 1

Tamas Szecsy wrote:
I have a query with 4 columns. based on this query I would like to make a report with a row layout that looks something like this:
{noformat}| column1 value |{noformat}
{noformat}----------------------------------------------------------------{noformat}
{noformat}| column2 value | column3 value | column4 value |{noformat}
I created a report template, four column templates: one for column 1, one for the following columns and one for the las column of the report.For this you need to create a Named Column (row template), not Generic Columns (column template).
Before Rows
<table class="foo">
Row Template 1
<tr>
  <td colspan="3">#1#</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>#2#</td>
  <td>#3#</td>
  <td>#4#</td>
</tr>
After Rows
</table>No conditions.
What about table headers?
My problem is that when I reference *#COLNUM#* like mod(#COLNUM#,4) = 1 in the Column Template condition fields, then I get *'ORA-06550: line 1, column 34: PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "#" when expecting one of the following: ( ) - +....'*
Is referencing COLNUM not allowed in the Column Template Condition field?I suspect not. Only <tt>#ROWNUM#</tt> is mentioned in the online help for Column/Row Template Expressions. <tt>#COLNUM#</tt> is only indicated in the Column/Row Templates themselves.
(Always post sample layouts using \...\ and/or {noformat }...{noformat } tags to preserve formatting/stop Jive from turning it into something else.)