Selecting from wwsbr_all_items for Custom Item Display

Question

I'm trying to call a procedure that will create custom HTML for an item I created. In that procedure I'm trying to get the name of the object I'm passing from the wwsbr_all_items view. However, when I try to select from the view I get the following error
(p_url is a VARCHAR2 with a valid ID number)
SELECT name
FROM wwsbr_all_items
WHERE id = p_url
ERROR:
ORA-14551: cannot perform a DML operation inside a query
ORA-06512: at "Portal.WWCTX_SSO", line 2954
ORA-06512: at "Portal.WWCTX_SSO", line 3483
ORA-06512: at "Portal.WWCTX_SSO", line 1735
ORA-06510: PL/SQl: unhandled user-defined exception
ORA-06512: at "PORTAL.WWCTX_SSo", line 1578
ORA-06502: PL/SQl: numeric or value error
ORA-06512: at "Portal.WWCTX_SSO", line 1820
ORA-06512: at "Portal.WWCTX_API", line 199
I also get a similar error if I try to select * from the view. Any ideas??
Thanks!

Answer 1

I believe you need to set your context up. Try the following. You will need to substitute with your own parameters.
portal.wwctx_api_private.set_context(p_user_name => 'PORTAL',
p_password => 'password', p_update_flat => true);
You may have to wrap your code, so the password is not visible.