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Oracle Report issue [message #354185] Thu, 16 October 2008 21:52 Go to next message
sg52
Messages: 7
Registered: October 2008
Junior Member
Hi,

I am using oracle reports with oracle 9i.
I am using two reports and one links with other through a hyperlink within the first report.
The first report has the following sql:

Select first_name, last_name
from employees
where employee_id = :emp

Now, If first_name is 'Steve', i want to pass 'Steve1' to other report as a parameter.
I am trying to define a user parameter (new_first_name) and putting a
if condition which can solve this purpose.

if :first_name = 'Steve' then
:new_first_name := 'Steve1';
else
:new_first_name := :first_name;
end if;

But unfortunately, i dont know where to put this sql.
I have tried in before report trigger, validation trigger and every possible place
where i can think of, but all of them give me one error or the other.

I wanted to know how should i solve this problem?
Am i missing something like where to put this code or you think it can be done via different approach?
Kindly help.
Re: Oracle Report issue [message #354213 is a reply to message #354185] Fri, 17 October 2008 01:08 Go to previous message
Littlefoot
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Registered: June 2005
Location: Croatia, Europe
Senior Member
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How about creating a FORMULA column which would contain the code (IF-THEN-ELSE) you've written? You'd then use this newly created formula column as a parameter for the second report, instead of the "original" first name column's value.
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