Xref: alice comp.databases.oracle.tools:14185 Path: alice!news-feed.fnsi.net!news.idt.net!news-peer.gip.net!news-lond.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!server5.netnews.ja.net!HEAnet!eolas.ucc.ie!not-for-mail From: Humphrey Sorensen Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.tools Subject: Re: Reports 2.5 use of variables Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 09:09:45 +0000 Organization: University College Cork, Ireland Lines: 33 Message-ID: <35A1E5D6.8EA2EFD4@cs.ucc.ie> References: <359705a2.8071571@news.frontiernet.net> <6n7pnd$cn2@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: sorensen@cs.ucc.ie Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 (Macintosh; I; PPC) test Paul Dorsey wrote: > Just make a field on your layout that uses the user parameter > as a source. I presume you tried this. > What error are you getting? > > We do this all the time. I usually send the parameters > from a Forms app. I send seperate parameters for > the lexicals and the display fields. > > -- > Paul Dorsey > Dulcian, Inc. > www.dulcian.com > 212 595 7223 > > >I'm fairly new to Reports 2.5 and I want to display some information on a > >report based on a choice I make when I run the report. . > > > >I also want to display the chosen sort order on the report. -- ______________________________________________________________ Humphrey Sorensen Email: sorensen@cs.ucc.ie Computer Science Department, Phone: +353-21-902186/902795 University College, Fax: +353-21-274390 Cork, Ireland.