RRS Feed as a SQL Report in HTMLDB?

Question

Hi
I'd like to generate RSS file as a standard SQL Report in HTMLDB (i.e. no public access to db procedures needed as in AskTom RSS example mentioned in this forum).
I've created:
- Page template with "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>....</channel></rss>" stuf.
- Report template of row type with <item><title>#1#</title><link>#2#</link><description>#3#</description></item> stuf.
- SQL Report utilizing these two templates (region has no template) having three relevant columns.
Page is generated OK but for whatever reason a web browser nor a RSS Feed reader do not recognize it as a valid XML content.
Any suggestions?
Roman
P.S. Is there any intention to support RRS feed as a standard report type in next version of HTMLDB?

Answer 1

Carl
That was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!
Summary of steps for others:
1.) Choose Create Application/Shared Components/Application Processes,
2.) Set the process name e.g. "RSSProcess", select type OnDemand and create the code generating the RSS file, e.g.
DECLARE
title varchar2(4000);
link varchar2(4000);
description varchar2(4000);
CURSOR c1 IS
select
opportunity_name as title,
'' as link,
opportunity_name as description
from opportunities
where rownum<=20 and MASTER_OPPORTUNITY='N' and issue_date is not null
order by issue_date desc;
begin
owa_util.mime_header( ccontent_type => 'text/xml', bclose_header => TRUE, ccharset => 'utf-8');
htp.prn('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>');
htp.prn('<rss version="2.0">');
htp.prn('<channel>');
htp.prn('<title>iActiveLife - novinky</title>');
htp.prn('<link>http://www.iactivelife.cz/</link>');
htp.prn('<description>Zajímavý život snadn&#283;ji</description>');
htp.prn('<language>cs</language>');
htp.prn('<pubDate></pubDate>');
OPEN c1;
LOOP
FETCH c1 INTO title,link,description;
EXIT WHEN c1%NOTFOUND;
htp.prn('<item>');
htp.prn(' <title>' || title || '</title>');
htp.prn(' <link>' || link || '</link>');
htp.prn(' <description>' || description || '</description>');
htp.prn('</item>');
END LOOP;
CLOSE c1;
htp.prn('</channel></rss>');
end;
3.) Create the RSS link "f?p=&APP_ID.:0:&SESSION.:APPLICATION_PROCESS=RSSProcess" at the suitable place
Roman