Text area not displaying all rows

Question

I have a SQL query as the source for a text field that returns several rows. However, the text area (display as text (do not save state)) only displays the data from the first row in the query. How do I get the rest as well?

Answer 1

SQL as source assumes you will return exactly one value. If you return more, it only takes the first. Instead, use a function body and return a concatenation of what you want:
declare
l_retval varchar2(32767);
cursor c1 is select v1 from t ...
begin
for c1rec in c1 loop
l_retval := l_retval || chr(10) || chr(13) || c1rec.v1;
end loop;
return l_retval;
end;