Which variable gives the Total Page Number in a report

Question

Which variable of Report can give me the total number of Pages. I want this information on first page itself. I want to refer this value in pl/sql thus i want to access the value programatically, and not just show in report as Page 1 of 10.
Thanks,
Sudhanshu

Answer 1

This may help you! This is straight from the Help in Reports! More about this can be found by searching for Physical PAges in Reports Help!
Suppose that you want to have the page number at the top of each page of your report. Furthermore, you want the page number to be of the form "Page n of m pages":
1 Create a field named F_PAGE and set the Source property to &Physical Page Number.
2 In the Field Property Palette, set the Page Numbering property by filling out the Page Numbering dialog box as follows:
-Check Main Section and uncheck Header Section and Trailer Section because you only want to number the Main Section pages.
-Type 1 in the Start At setting.
-Type 1 in the Increment By setting.
-Type &Report under Reset At because you don't want the page numbers to reset to zero until the report is done.
3 Create a field called F_TOTPGE and set the Source property to &Total Number of Physical Pages.
4 Do either of the following:
-Hide these fields (i.e., set the Visible property to No) and reference them within boilerplate text:
Page &F_PAGE of &F_TOTPGE
-Alternatively, position F_PAGE and F_TOTPGE beside each other. Insert boilerplate to the left of F_PAGE that contains the text "Page". Insert boilerplate between F_PAGE and F_TOTPGE that contains the text "of".
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