Run_product problem

Question

Hi all,
I have a form which calls a report using the RUN_PRODUCT built in.
The report gets executed only on certain cases. After much tracing and debugging, I've pinpointed it to one text parameter which i'm passing across. This text parameter is actually a SQL 'where clause' which the report uses.
It fails when the text parameter contains a value with spaces inside quotes, for e.g, column1 = 'value 1'
It works when, column1 = 'value1'
When it fails, nothing happens, the form doesn't come back with any error messages. The report doesn't get launched.
Can someone tell me if this is a known bug or if there is a clean workaround for this.
rgds

Answer 1

Hi,
The example of the text parameters,
1) column1 = 'value1'
2) column1 = 'value 1'
is just an example. Let's say in this example, the table does contain the two values, 'value1' and 'value 1'.
This is what i'm experiencing with run_product. When i pass the text parameter as a where clause,
text parameter : where column1 = 'value 1'
nothing happens, there is no empty report, the report doesn't execute, there is no error message, form doesn't hang.
When i pass it as,
text parameter : where column1 = 'value1'
the report gets executed. After my debugging, i've pinpointed it to the space inside the quote.
My workaround at the moment is actually replacing the spaces inside the where clause with a special
character ~ (where~column1~=~'value~1') before it gets pass and replacing it back to spaces before the report executes. This works, but i was wondering whether there is a cleaner solution.
rgds
Hi
Your query is not clear to me.
Your statement : "It fails when the text parameter contains a value with spaces inside quotes, for e.g, column1 = 'value 1' "
It should not return an error. "where clause" passed by you, doesn't satisfy any record in the table. Reports should execute, but as table doesn't
contain any record in which column1 has a value equal to 'value 1' (with a empty space in the string) and it should return a empty report with no columns.
Do u get a empty report or form hangs or gets an error that form failed, what excatly happens ?
With Regards
Reports team