Select list with URL redirect - not showing the same display value selected

Question

Hi
I have several select lists with URL direct on my page similar to this
for p6_queries item the LOV is
select QUERY_NAME display_value, 'f?p='
|| :APP_ID
|| ':'
|| 6
|| ':'
|| :APP_SESSION
|| '::::p6_queries:'||QUERY_ID||'#qtables' return_value from .....
I am assigning a return value to the item p6_queries. But when the page is redirected, I dont see the selected value as selected in the list. Instead it goes to the null display text. Can any one help me on this?

Answer 1

The problem is that your setting the item value to value of query_id. But your select list has the value of each item as the URL so it will never match and show you what you selected.
The best thing to do may be to change your select list from a "redirect to URL" to "submit page", make it a normal query:
select QUERY_NAME display_value, QUERY_ID return_value ...
Then create an "On Submit: Before Computation" branch:
Target Type: URL
URL Target: f?p=&APP_ID.:6:&SESSION.::&DEBUG.::P6_QUERIES:&P6_QUERIES.#testing
Condition Type: Request = Expression 1
Expression 1: P6_QUERIES