Re: WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT: how long can the URL be?

YES! I am assuming that you meand the host command....since that actually runs it. We had to find out what the string should consist of, then define some variables that we could eventually pass as consolidated. Here is a clipped section (one of about 30 sections that drive our reporting):

Hope this helps....good luck

scott felten

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IF :GLOBAL.SELECTED_RPT ='DH_RPT'
THEN
    select report_seq.NEXTVAL into v_rpt_id from sys.dual;    IF :GLOBAL.DETAIL = 'YES' THEN
    :GLOBAL.REPORT_STRING := 'R30CLI32 REPORT=HD_RPT USERID=PROD_RPT/OWNER_at_ANDY BACKGROUND=NO DESTYPE=FILE DESFORMAT=HTML DESNAME=D:\U05\R30\CACHE\'||v_rpt_id||'.html SERVER=REPORTS BD='||:global.BD||' ED='||:global.ED||' PL='||:GLOBAL.PL||' CT='||:GLOBAL.CL||' L='||:global.L||' SE='||:GLOBAL.SE;

    ELSE
    :GLOBAL.REPORT_STRING := 'R30CLI32 REPORT=HN_RPT USERID=PROD_RPT/OWNER_at_ANDY BACKGROUND=NO DESTYPE=FILE DESFORMAT=HTML DESNAME=D:\U05\R30\CACHE\'||v_rpt_id||'.html SERVER=REPORTS BD='||:global.BD||' ED='||:global.ED||' PL='||:GLOBAL.PL||' CT='||:GLOBAL.CL||' L='||:global.L||' SE='||:GLOBAL.SE;

    END IF;
    Host(:GLOBAL.REPORT_STRING);
    SET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(CURSOR_STYLE,'DEFAULT');     web.Show_Document('http://orapps.dp.asi/cache/'||v_rpt_id||'.html', '_self');

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Yar wrote in message <7rbedq$kmk$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Are there any limitations on the length of the URL address that is
>passed to the WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT built-in? I need to pass many
>parameters to my reports, so the URL often will be quite long.
>
>Yar Segal
>
>
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Received on Mon Sep 13 1999 - 15:56:54 CEST