Tabular Form - submit custom data and insert/update records

Question

I have a tabular form with 2 columns representing table data and 5 more custom columns.
Task ID
Task Name
10/7/2013 to 10/13/2013
10/14/2013 to 10/20/2013
10/21/2013 to 10/27/2013
10/28/2013 to 11/3/2013
11/4/2013 to 11/10/2013
1
TASK1
2
TASK2
3
TASK3
I use an sql which returns null values for columns 3 to 7. Then I use the html formatting option of apex and jquery to add change the headers to weeks and add checkboxes.
My sql: select task_id, task_name, null week1, null week2, null week3, null week4, null week5 from <table name>
My table has the columns task id, task name , start_date and end_date.
When the user clicks the submit button, i need to send the checkbox data to my stored procedure and insert records into the corresponding table. I am unable to find out how to send a mapping of the task_id, date headers in each column and the checkbox data to apex back end and process them. For example, if the first check box in first row is checked, i should insert a row with values "1, TASK1, 10/7/2013, 10/13/2013". I also have to read the data from the table and display it in the same format. Please let me know how to accomplish this in apex.

Answer 1

instead of using null, you can use apex_item api to create check boxes
read http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37097_01/doc/doc.42/e35127/apex_item.htm#CHDDCHAF
you can set the value of check boxes using apex_item api and then the value can be captured in your process
check this: Martin Giffy D'Souza on Oracle APEX: APEX Report with checkboxes (advanced).
let me know if this answers your query in the current thread
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