Re: Oracle Reports

Are you using the lexical parameter rather than the bind? I've used this syntax as in this example, and as long as it is a lexical parameter, it works!
(this is using Reports 2.5... I'm pretty certain I've used it in Reports 6.0 as well...)

> >SELECT TEST_NUM
> >from TABLE
> >where TEST_NUM in (&P_TEST_NUM)

Sophie
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Hazelton <peterhazelton_at_hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Oracle Reports

> This is how you would do it in SQL. I am in the query form of Oracle
> Reports. When you enter the string of numbers in, the bind variable is
> expecting one value and does not recognize the commas. Therein lies the
> trick somewhere and I am not sure where it is!
>
> Thanks for trying though, if you have any other info, please pass it on.
>
> Peter
>
>
> >From: "William Beilstein" <BeilstWH_at_obg.com>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: Re: Oracle Reports
> >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:10:23 -0800
> >
> >replace your query with
> >
> >SELECT TEST_NUM
> >from TABLE
> >where TEST_NUM in (&P_TEST_NUM)
> >
> >This will be expanded at query time to include the bind variable
> >P_TEST_NUM. If you do this, you will have to make sure the user enters
the
> >values in the following form
> >
> >10,11,12,13,40,50
> >
> >
> > >>> "Peter Hazelton" <peterhazelton_at_hotmail.com> 08/17/00 03:46PM >>>
> >I have a parameter set up on my report. Call it :P_TEST_NUM.
> >
> >My SQL query will be:
> >
> >SELECT TEST_NUM
> >from TABLE
> >where TEST_NUM = :P_TEST_NUM
> >
> >I want this parameter to accept several different numbers such as 1234,
> >1245, 1267 etc. I want this so that we don't have to run the report 20
> >times
> >for 20 different numbers, we just paste in a list of numbers and the
report
> >runs for that list.
> >
> >Can this be done? If so, how and what is the syntax??
> >
> >Thanks
> >Peter
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