!!!urgent:pass whole query to reports builder

i have a query in jsp(Java Server Pages) i.e
var whereSession = "<%=session.getAttribute("whereClause")%>";
the query is contained in the whereSession variable;
select t1.document_id,
t1.document_name,
t2.file_nr,
t.folder_owner,
t.folder_name,
(initcap(t4.firstname) || ' ' || initcap(t4.surname)) author,
t7.name company,
t8.fy_short_name fy
from ai_library_folder t,
ai_document t1,
ai_document_type t2,
sa_dba.sa_employee t3,
sa_dba.sa_person t4,
sa_dba.sa_user t5,
ai_library_type t6,
sa_dba.sa_company t7,
sa_dba.sa_fiscal_year t8
where t3.id = t5.employee_id and t4.id = t3.person_id and
t5.id = t1.created_by and t1.folder_id = t.folder_id and
t2.id = t1.doc_type_id and t6.id = t.library_type_id and
t7.fy = t8.id and t7.id = 1 and t7.fy = 5 and t.folder_id = 7
order by t1.document_id
this query above only changes in the where clause as i append other links columns to it,so the problem i'm send the whole query as a session to reports builder,i'm using a lexical parameter for the 'where' statement..."my questions how i handle the whole query above to generate this report without altering it in the jsp as i have already design the report on the stardand that i do not append anything to it....hope this makes sense."

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Hello,
Your colleague is right. Even if the SQL query is executed by the DB server , Reports needs to parse the SQL query.
The SQL parser included in Reports 6i is based on 8.0.6
You can see this version in the Reports Builder help :
Menu : Help -> About Reports Builder ...
ORACLE Server Release 8.0.6.0.0
Regards

!!!urgent:pass whole query to reports builder

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