Two Editable Forms on One Page, Issues / Problems Applying Data

Question

Greeting Everyone!
I have a problem and I need assistance in getting this issue resolved (advice).
I have a page with two editable regions, each editable region references a different table. The two tables are related by a common key value. The first issue is that I am able to successfully load the data from the second region, but the data from the first region is not loaded into it's particular form region. Additionally, I have two sets of buttons, one set per region, and two sets of fetch processes and two sets of automatic row processing dml routines.
Can two forms coexist on the same form or would it be more appropriate to try and make my changes with a view?
Thanks,
Charles

Answer 1

I agree that when you have pages that are more complicated than 1 form etc you should look at writing the code to populate and process the data yourself. I would ditch the automatic row processing and fetch routines and write your own. More work, but gives more control.
Something like:
begin
if :P1_AID is not null then
select [your table columns] into :P1_AITEM1, :P1_AITEM2
from [your table]
where id = :P1_AID;
else
:P1_ATEM1 := null;
:P1_ATEM2 := null;
-- same for 2nd form
end if;
end;
Conditionally display the insert/update/delete buttons and you're set.
Then just add the appropriate handlers on submit, conditionally running them based on button or request. Either build your insert statement in the after submit processing or call pl/sql.
I tend to use pl/sql packages to handle table API's.