Two questions on apex_item.popup_from_lov

Question

Hi, I have a collection with a field for vessel (coo5). I am using popup_from_lov because it will provide an ability to search for a vessel name (the list of vessels is quite long).
question 1.
I would like the vessel_id to be stored, but the vessel name to be displayed. Currently, the vessel_id appears and also is stored. How can I get vessel_name to be displayed.
The query:
select apex_item.hidden (1,seq_id) checkbox,
apex_item.hidden (2,seq_id)||
apex_item.select_list_from_query(3,c003,'select partner_name d, state_code r
from partners
where state_code is not null
order by partner_name',
'style="width:100px;background-color:#FBEC5D; "'
||'onchange="f_set_casc_sel_list_item_port(this,f4_'||LPAD (seq_id, 4,'0')||')"',
'YES',
'0',
'- Select State -',
'f3_' || LPAD (seq_id,4, '0'),
NULL,
'NO'
) STATE,
apex_item.select_list_from_query_xl(4,c004,'select fips_place_name, port
from valid_ports
where fips_state = '
||nvl(c003,0)
||' order by fips_place_name',
'style="width:150px;background-color:#FBEC5D;"',
'YES',
'0',
'- Select PORT -',
'f4_' || LPAD (seq_id, 4, '0'),
NULL,
'NO' ) PORT,
apex_item.POPUP_FROM_LOV(5,c005,'VESSELS',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,
'style="width:100px;background-color:#FBEC5D; "') vessel_id,
apex_item.text(6,c006,10,null,'style="background-color:#FBEC5D;"'
||'onchange="f_set_start_date(this,f6_'||LPAD(seq_id, 4,'0')||')"') trip_start_date,
apex_item.text(7,c007,5,null,'style="background-color:#FBEC5D"') trip_start_time,
apex_item.text(8,c008,10,null,'style="background-color:#FBEC5D"') trip_end_date,
apex_item.text(9,c009,5,null,'style="background-color:#FBEC5D"') trip_end_time,
apex_item.SELECT_LIST_FROM_LOV(10,c010,'TRIP_TYPE','style="width:100px;background-color:#FBEC5D; "') trip_type,
apex_item.SELECT_LIST_FROM_LOV(11,c011,'YES_NO',4) multiple_fishermen,
apex_item.text(12,c012,3,null,'style="background-color:#FBEC5D"') days_at_sea,
apex_item.text(13,c013,4,null,'style="background-color:#FBEC5D"') nbr_of_crew,
apex_item.hidden(14,c014) supplier_trip_id,
apex_item.hidden(15,c015) trip_nbr,
apex_item.text(16,c016) partner_vtr
from apex_collections where collection_name = 'TRIP_C'
the LOV Vessels is: select (vessel_name||' - '||supplier_vessel_id) vname, VESSEL_ID from VESSELS order by vname
Question 2.
could I use SELECT_LIST_FROM_LOV_XL instead and use autocomplete to cull the list of values? Any clues appreciated. thanks

Answer 1

Hi Scott, I just found your posting PopupKey's do not hold value!
which indicates that a second apex_item is used to store the display (if I am understanding properly).
The problem I have then, is that I have three collections on my page. There are a total of 50 items (10 from the first collection, 20 from each of the 2nd, 3rd collection). Does this mean that I am out of luck? thanks