Interesting forms/reports challenge, What's the best way?
Date: 10 Sep 2003 13:48:36 -0700
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[Quoted] Hi all,
I am using 9ids forms and reports with Oracle 9iAS Release 2. My database is only 8.1.7 I am deploying forms on the web.
My cahllenge is: To have a button on a form which:
- Commits the form changes
- runs a report
- Saves the report(Either in the database or on the appServer, preferably the db)
- Emails the report
- Makes a link to the report available to the user of the form via a detail block, along with all the other links from previous reports related to the parent.
So far, I have a table for storing information about the reports(Filename, parent ID for retrieving the appropriate set of records, type, etc) And if I get the report saved on the server, I can use web.show_document to view it via the link in the table.
I'm wondering
1. if anyone has done this before?
2. Should I employ webutils PJC for this? I can't save them in the
database because evidently this part of webutils requires a 9+
database.
3. What's the best way to save the report?
4. Any other comments?(Please go easy on me as I just installed reports 9i and have not written reports in a long time)
Thanks VERY much Received on Wed Sep 10 2003 - 22:48:36 CEST