Saving item values in a form

Hi All,
I have a interactive report(page 2) and a form(page 3). i have upto 30 items in the form and I am updating the records.
my requirement is, the users want the capability to hit the 'apply changes' one or more times and still want to remain in the same page and still see the values they entered till recently. And they can add data to the items further.
Basically, we are doing this to avoid loosing data.
My update script, pulling the pk and other values from report is working perfectly. But once i hit the apply changes after entering the new/update data. All the fields are cleared (including pk). The data is saved in the table but cannot see them in the fields.
I also have 4 reports(related) in page 3 below the form which are generated based on the pk and they disappear too.
How do I overcome this?
I am using 3.1 and 9i db
Thank you all in Advance,
Daniel

Thanks for the Response Tony.
I tried a similar example in my workspace and it worked fine.
but in my application its not. I cannot import my app here since i have company's confidential things.
I am re-using a previous app and doing modifications according to my requirements.
I checked all the items and process and nothing is clearing the cache. I have no such process in page zero as well.
now I am planning to delete all the unwanted items,processes, and branches in my app. If it still doesn't work, then i will delete the page and re-do it :(
Throw me some light if something doesn't sound good.
Thanks
Daniel

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-Edit-
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Marshall

Thanks for the Response Tony.
I tried a similar example in my workspace and it worked fine.
but in my application its not. I cannot import my app here since i have company's confidential things.
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How to refresh page after selecting value from LOV item , in a tabular form

Hi ,
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1.
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Edited by: Chih-Peng Chen on Dec 17, 2007 8:42 AM

Hi Chen,
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Oracle Version:10g
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Hi all,
Good morning to all,I have a multi-record block in a form where one of the items values is been selected from LOV.user can only select the value from LOV.
If once user selects the value from LOV and moves to the next record of multi-record and again selects the value from LOV,i should not allow users to select the previous value from the user so that duplication of records is avoided.
and important note is that i should achieve this before saving it into the database because once saved in the database i can compare the values and hide the previous value.
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This is a common question in the forum! There are several different solutions. Take a look at the following articles. Both will perform the needed duplicate check.
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Hope this helps,
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I'm working on a form and need to know if an item value has changed without compare it with database_value of get_item_property. there is a button <save> on the form and i want to know when user click again and again on button save if this item value has changed. thanks for your ideas.

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{ While "Sub_Head_Code" field is unique,
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<CODE>
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In the Tax Rules table, you state:
"Sub_Head_Code" field is unique
In the Bill table, you state:
Sub_Head_Code and Tax_ID are behaving like composite foreign key from Tax_Rules table
If the Sub_Head_Code is unique, then it's acting as a primary key, so Sub_Head_Code and Tax_ID in the Bill table are not behaving like a composite foreign key. The Sub_Head_Code is a foreign key, and the Tax_ID is irrelevant as far as keys are concerned.
It is not clear what it is you want to do.
If you want to display the Tax_IDs from the Bill table when you select a Sub_Head_Code from the Tax_Rules table, then change your query to:
select TAX_ID, TAX_ID from BILL where Sub_Head_Code = :Tax_Rules.Sub_Head_Code
If you want to display the Tax_IDs from the Tax_Rules table when you select a Sub_Head_Code from the Bill table, then change your query to:
select TAX_ID, TAX_ID from TAX_RULES where Sub_Head_Code = :Bill.Sub_Head_Code
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select
"BOOK_ID",
"BOOK",
"SUBJECT",
"PRICE",
"AUTHOR",
"QTY",
"BOOK_ID" BOOK_ID_DISPLAY
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Add the following code to element attributes: onchange="javascript:f_set_multi_items_tabular2(this.value,'#ROWNUM#');"
Changed to -> onchange="javascript:setLOV(this,'f03');"
Now, T_ROWNUM2 returns value as f03_0001. But, TEMPORARY_APPLICATION_ITEM2 returns as [object HTMLSelectElement]...
Please help me to see how I can populate the data with this tabular form format. Thanks a lot in advanced!!!
Ling
Updated code in Red..

Ling
Lets start with looking at what the javascript code is doing.
function f_set_multi_items_tabular(pValue, pRow){
/*This will initiate the url for the demand process to run*/
var get = new htmldb_Get(null,html_GetElement('pFlowId').value,
                          'APPLICATION_PROCESS=Set_Multi_Items_Tabular',0);
if(pValue){
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    get.add('T_ROWNUM',pRow)
}else{
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    get.add('TEMPORARY_APPLICATION_ITEM','null')
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gReturn = get.get('XML');
if(gReturn){
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    var l_Count = gReturn.getElementsByTagName("item").length;
    /*For all elements of the tag item*/
    for(var i = 0;i<l_Count;i++){
      /*Get the item out of the XML*/
      var l_Opt_Xml = gReturn.getElementsByTagName("item")[i];
      /*Get the id of the item*/
      var l_ID = l_Opt_Xml.getAttribute('id');
      /*Get the element in the original page with the same id as
      **the item we have in the XML produced by the ondemand process
      var l_El = html_GetElement(l_ID);
      /*Now get the value of the item form the XML*/
      if(l_Opt_Xml.firstChild){
        var l_Value = l_Opt_Xml.firstChild.nodeValue;
      }else{
        /*There is no value*/
        var l_Value = '';
      if(l_El){
        /*There is an element with the same id as the item we are processing*/
        if(l_El.tagName == 'INPUT'){
          /*The element is an input item just set the value*/
          l_El.value = l_Value;
        }else if(l_El.tagName == 'SPAN' && l_El.className == 'grabber'){
          /*If it is a span elment and has the class grabber
          **Then set the innerHTML of the parent to the value
          **and the id of the parent to the id
          l_El.parentNode.innerHTML = l_Value;
          l_El.parentNode.id = l_ID;
        }else{
          /*Else set the value as innerHTML*/
          l_El.innerHTML = l_Value;
get = null;
Now where it went wrong in your initial post
The XML that was returned by your XML process would be something like
<body>
<desc>this xml genericly sets multiple items</desc>
<item id="f02_1">CSS Mastery</item>
<item id="f03_1">22</item>
<item id="f04_1">Andy Budd</item>
<item id="f05_1">1</item>
</body>
When you don't use apex_item to create your tabular form a item in the table will look like
<input id="f02_0001" type="text" value="CSS Mastery" maxlength="2000" size="16" name="f05" autocomplete="off">
Notice the id's f02_1 and f02_0001 don't match.
So to make it work the XML would have to look like
<body>
<desc>this xml genericly sets multiple items</desc>
<item id="f02_0001">CSS Mastery</item>
<item id="f03_0001">22</item>
<item id="f04_0001">Andy Budd</item>
<item id="f05_0001">1</item>
</body>
To do that simply use lpad in the ondemand process like
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HTP.prn ('<item id="f04_' || lpad(:t_rownum,4,'0') || '">' || v_author || '</item>');
HTP.prn ('<item id="f05_' || lpad(:t_rownum,4,'0') || '">' || v_qty || '</item>');
Keep in mind that the above is based on your original post and #ROWNUM# not being lpadded with zero's.
Nicolette

BUG: Sorting drop-down lists from the field tab when using "specify item values"

Hi all,
I've finished creating my form now, but I came across this whilst writing up my documentation for maintenance tasks.
This occurs when adding new values to a drop-down list that has the "Specify item values" checkbox in the binding tab checked.
When I then try to sort my list using the built in sort buttons, it will sort the items, but the list of specified values in the binding tab does not sort reorder to stay with the original items in the list. This is hapenning when I sort from the Object > Field tab. If I sort in the Object > Binding tab then the sort will include the specified values.
For example:
A    5
C    2
D    9
Add a new value to get:
A    5
C    2
D    9
B    10
Sort the list using the button:
A    5
B    2
C    9
D    10
But it should be:
A     5
B     10
C     2
D     9

I was able to duplicate this problem and it looks like a possible bug. I've submitted it to support.

Passing values from a form to a page containing forms.

I would like to pass a value from a form to a page containing two forms (one of the forms is in a tab).Once the value is passed, I want the two forms to be executed with the value passed. Can this be done and how? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Yes, this is possible.
I will give you a brief outline.
From the 1st form, you need to save the value, you want to pass to the 2 other forms, using the wwsto_api_session apis.
Then, using go() or call() from the Successful submission section, you need to go/call the page containing the 2 forms.
You need to write some pl/sql code in the 2 forms (on the page) to retrieve the value saved and perform the action you desire. The saved value can be retrieved using the wwsto_api_session apis.
However, both forms will not get executed at the same time unless both of them are in the same tab i.e. unless both forms are visible at the same time.
If the forms are on different tabs, they will get executed when they are being displayed.
But, there are ways to execute both the forms, if it really necessary, even if they are not on the same tab.
I will be posting the an example soon in this thread.

How to copy item value that contain a single quote(')?

Hi,
I have one "Copy" button in a APEX form. When user clicks it, it simply copy the item's values from the form to a new form by using APEX provided function behind the button- "Set these item values with these values". It is simple and works fine in normal cases. However, see, we have a text field called "Product Details", user types in for example "Oracle's new vision". When I click COPY button, APEX try to copy the text in "Product Details" field from this form to a new form but it returns error because of that single quote. Is there any way I can do something to replace that single quote with two single quote like we usually do in PL/SQL in the place "Set these item values with these values" of APEX button? I tried REPLACE(#P66_PRODUCT_DETAILS#., '''', '''''') but not work. I saw someone in the forum meantioned that to use something like "/#P66_PRODUCT_DETAILS#/" to get around. Any one with success?

Thanks. I think it should work this way. However, our form has about 20 ~30 text fields, I have to create 20~30 hiddle fields to handle the problem because I never know which field could contain a single quote. Ideally, a new version of APEX should have the functionality to deal with the problem when using "set values with those values" method. At least, it should provide some kind of interaction for user to get away from single quote or comma or column etc.
What I did is to get out of APEX native function and to create a new records in background by PL/SQL using record id that passed in from APEX form. It works perfectly. Although, user can only edit the record after it is created, not as user friendly as "Copy first-look at it-edit it-then create it" I originally planed.
Thanks for your help,

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