Using multiple key values to find data

Hello, It's me again.
I had a question about bring data out from Database and show on an ADF page on Jdev 11.1.1.3.
And Mr. Daniel Atwood     answered my question with this follow blog he wrote.
http://www.avioconsulting.com/blog/datwood/2012/06/19/using-bpm-process-variable-adf-form-retrieve-database-information-0.
But I have another question on the top of that.
The example Mr.Atwood provided is when you using "one" key value, what if I have two key values, how to set this up?
Here are some details:
I have a table like this
ID     Type_code     Name
0001      05      a-blabla
0002     25      b-blabla
0002     26      b-blabla
0003      08      c-blabla
0003      25      c-blabla
0003     79      c-blabla
What I want to do is after input the ID(0003) and type_code (25), it will show me the result on three input text components in ADF page with value 0003, 25 and c-blabla.
Currently, I can use only ID to query the data, but I would like to use two key values to find the specific data.
Thank you very much for taking time to think about this,
Sincerely,
Viola

Dear Daniel, may I ask one more question please?
what if I have 4 tables?
table1
ID * ID_Type_code * Name
0001 * 11 * abc
0002 * 12 * abcd
0003 * 13 * abcde
table2
ID * OID_type_code * Name
0001 * 22 * abc
0002 * 23 * abcd
0002 * 25 * abcd
0003 * 23 * abcde
0003 * 22 * abcde
0003 * 28 * abcde
table3
ID * OID_type_code * OGAD_line_id * address
0001 * 22 * 1 * a street
0001 * 22 * 2 * b street
0002 * 23 * 1 * c street
0002 * 25 * 1 * d street
0003 * 28 * 1 * e street
0003 * 28 * 2 * f street
0003 * 28 * 3 * g street
table 4
ID OID_type_codeOGAD_line_id*COP_line_id*phone number
0001*22*1*1*2222222222
0001*22*1*2*3333333333
0002*23*1*1*4444444444
0003*28*2*1*5555555555
0003*28*2*2*6666666666
Primary key for each table
table1, primary key is ID
table2, primary key is ID , OID_type_code
table3, primary key is ID , OID_type_code, OGAD_line_id
table4, primary key is ID , OID_type_code, OGAD_line_id , COP_line_id
I would like to show each value in each table in the separate input text fields.
Therefore, this is an advanced question based on the previous one, not only get values from one table but also from several tables based on input for example 0003 and 28 as the ID and OID_type_code?.
Let me know if you need more details,
Thank you so much,
Viola

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books.db (primary db -- ISBN is primary key)
isbn_1 | {author_1, author_2; ...}
isbn_2 | {author_2; ...}
isbn_3 | {author_1, author_3; ...}
booksAuthors.db (secondary db -- author is the secondary key, the secondary key extractor generates multiple keys)
author_1 | isbn_1
author_1 | isbn_3
author_2 | isbn_1
author_2 | isbn_2
author_3 | isbn_3
To get the books authored by author_1 and author_2 for example, you would do the following:
- position a cursor in the booksAuthors.db secondary db, using DBcursor->get() with the DB_SET flag, on the records whose key (secondary key) is author_1;
The cursor will be positioned on the duplicates list for author_1:
author_1 | isbn_1
author_1 | isbn_3
- position a cursor in the booksAuthors.db secondary db, using DBcursor->get() with the DB_SET flag, on the records whose key (secondary key) is author_2, hence duplicates list for author_2:
author_2 | isbn_1
author_2 | isbn_2
- create a join cursor using DB->join, using the previous two cursors.
An excerpt from the above documentation page explains the way a join cursor works:
"Joined values are retrieved by doing a sequential iteration over the first cursor in the curslist parameter, and a nested iteration over each secondary cursor in the order they are specified in the curslist parameter. This requires database traversals to search for the current datum in all the cursors after the first."
Hence, the data item (primary key from the primary db) that results is isbn_1.
Regards,
Andrei

Multiple Available Values in Parameter

I have a query like Select * from Table where column in (@Parameter)
@Parameter has two choices.
Choice 1 value is 01 or 05. Choice 2 value is 04 or 06.
If Choice 1 is selected for the parameter, I want the query to result into Select * from Table where column in (01, 05). This should show results for rows where Column is either 01 or 05. "Column" is a text data type.
How do I use multiple available values in a parameter? I found this post
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a484ceb0-78f8-472e-ae96-d48f85ea25b7/multiple-values-in-available-values-non-query-in-report-parameter-in-ssrs?forum=sqlreportingservices but that is not working for me. I tried to put 01 and 05 (no double
quotes) on different lines in the parameter available values expression box but I still get no results. My parameter is a data type of text and is not multi value.
If I change my available value to 01 I get correct results
I'm really stuck. I hope someone can help me.
Milissa Hartwell

Hi Milissa,
In order to achieve your requirement, I suggest that you should add another parameter named parameter1 in your report. For more details, please see:
Modify the query like below:
Select * from Table where column in (@Parameter1)
Add another parameter named Parameter1 with ‘Allow multiple values’ option in the report.
Select Hidden as the parameter visibility.
Specify the values below in the Available values:
Label: 1
Value: =iif(Parameters!Parameter.Value=1,”01”,”04”)
Label: 2
Value: =iif(Parameters!Parameter.Value=1,”05”,”06”)
Specify the values below as the Default Values:
Value: =iif(Parameters!Parameter.Value=1,”01”,”04”)
          =iif(Parameters!Parameter.Value=1,”05”,”06”)
Then when you select 1 as the choice of Parameter, it will directly affect the result into Select * from Table where column in (01, 05). When you select 2 as the choice of Parameter, it will directly affect the result into Select * from Table where column
in (04, 06).
If there are any other questions, please feel free to ask.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
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TechNet Community Support

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