Several reports on joined master-detail tables with single row source

Question

I have 1 master table (Fixed Assets) and several datail tables (Improvements, Depreciation, ...)
I need to create several reports based on them all with criteria
'Select ALL from Master and join details
/1 total row from details for 1 master row/
filtered by [on_date <= report_date]'
How to do it better and not copy same code in every report?
As mentioned on this forum, ApEx is not able to use RefCursor as row source for ApEx reports
So I tried this Tom Kyte's example:
create type apex_user.myRecordType as object
(seq int,
a int,
b varchar2(10),
c date
Create Or Replace Type Apex_User.Mytabletype As Table Of Apex_User.Myrecordtype;
create or replace function Apex_User.my_function return Apex_User.myTableType
Is
l_data Apex_User.myTableType;
Begin
l_data := Apex_User.myTableType();
for i in 1..5
loop
L_Data.Extend;
l_data(i) :=Apex_User.myRecordType(i, i, 'row ' || i, sysdate+i);
end loop;
Return L_Data;
End;
Select *
from TABLE (cast(Apex_User.my_function() as Apex_User.mytableType))
Where C > Sysdate+1
Order By Seq Desc
SEQ A B C
5 5 row 5 22.08.2010
4 4 row 4 21.08.2010
3 3 row 3 20.08.2010
2 2 row 2 19.08.2010
4 Rows Selected
- and it really works from ApEx reports.
The questions are:
1) is this the best solution for my task (one centralized code for several reports with parameter filtering detail tables)?
2) how to change example properly to have here -
loop
L_Data.Extend;
l_data(i) :=Apex_User.myRecordType(i, i, 'row ' || i, sysdate+i);
end loop;
- simple SELECT from my MASTER-DETAILS joined tables?

Answer 1

Hi,
if (row != null)
Row masterRow = row;
vo.setCurrentRow(masterRow);
// not needed : getMesReponsesPourTiersVO1().executeQuery();
You shouldnot execute the child VO after setting current row in master VO.
When the current row is set in master VO, then the child rows will get refreshed automatically.
Cheers,
Prasanna