Using a URL parameter in SQL Query

Newbie question...
I have been developing a dashboard application, and I have been using input bind variables in the SQL. That all works fine.
What I would like to do is to have a user go to a page via a URL with paramaters like this:
http://atlas:7777/pls/apex/f?p=112:1:9191429456552868531:::::P1_ITM_CD_PASSED:JMINV
where P1_ITM_CD_PASSED is the parameter and JMINV is the value.
Then, I want the SQL to execute using that:
select *
from itm
where itm_cd = ': P1_ITM_CD_PASSED'
I tried testing this on a page. Set up a report region, but it appears that the paramater is not making it to the SQL. "No Records Found".
Is there a simple example out there that anyone knows of? Maybe I am missing an item, computation, process, etc. to be able to utilize the paramater?
Thanks in advance

varad
Thanks for the reply. I did try that, and same results. It seems that the parameter is not getting bound to the variable, or it's getting flushed after the page loads. Here is what debug shows me:
P1_TEST
0.08: show report
0.10: determine column headings
0.10: activate sort
0.10: parse query as: CUSTOM
*0.11: binding: ":P1_ITM_CD_PASSED"="P1_ITM_CD_PASSED" value=""*
0.11: print column headings
0.11: rows loop: 15 row(s)
no data found
Edited by: jmcclain on May 13, 2010 4:01 PM

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