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A Dynamic LOV

This document describes how to create a dynamic list of values (LOV) in Oracle Forms that can display up to 9 columns of data. It uses a predefined LOV control that is populated at runtime by a PL/SQL procedure called Populate_LOV. This procedure accepts parameters for the SQL query, LOV number, title, target item, and whether to display the LOV. The sample form provided demonstrates how to manage 5 dynamic LOVs using this approach.

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A Dynamic LOV

This document describes how to create a dynamic list of values (LOV) in Oracle Forms that can display up to 9 columns of data. It uses a predefined LOV control that is populated at runtime by a PL/SQL procedure called Populate_LOV. This procedure accepts parameters for the SQL query, LOV number, title, target item, and whether to display the LOV. The sample form provided demonstrates how to manage 5 dynamic LOVs using this approach.

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Oracle Forms
A Forms dynamic LOV

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The purpose is to manage dynamic LOVs, able to build any LOV of 1 to 9 columns.

The record group is dynamically populated by the SELECT order provided, then the LOV is tuned to fit and display
the corresponding columns.

It uses a pre-defined LOV that can handle 9 columns.

The data selected from the LOV are copied into 9 hidden items stored in a control block (:LOV).
The copy process is done in an Item-level KEY-LISTVAL trigger:

Declare
LB$Ok Boolean ;
LC$Lov Varchar2(30) := Get_Item_Property(:system.trigger_item, LOV_NAME) ;
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Begin
If LC$Lov Is not null Then
LB$Ok := Show_Lov(LC$Lov);
If LB$Ok Then
-- get returned values --
:BL.TXT1 := :LOV.RETURN1 ;
End if ;
End if ;
End;

The LOV populating process is done in the POPULATE_LOV() procedure, stored in the program unit of the
sample dialog provided,
But you can, of course, copy it in a PL/SQL library.
(In fact you need to keep together: PKG_COLLECT package, Build_Select_line function and Populate_LOV
procedure)

How to use the dynamic LOV


You can manage 5 different dynamic LOVs in the provided sample dialog.

To populate the LOV, and eventually attach it to an item, use the Populate_LOV() procedure

PROCEDURE Populate_LOV
(
PC$SQL_Order IN VARCHAR2,
PC$NumLOV IN VARCHAR2,
PC$Title IN VARCHAR2,
PC$TargetItem IN VARCHAR2 default null,
PB$Display IN BOOLEAN Default false
)

PC$SQL_Order is the corresponding SQL query


PC$NumLOV is the number of LOV (1-5)
PC$Title is the title for the LOV
PC$TargetItem is the item you want to attach the LOV (bloc_name.item_name)
PB$Display is provided in debug mode to ensure the LOV will display the correct values

e.g.:
Populate_LOV
(
'Select empno, ename, sal from emp',
'1',
'Choose an employee',
'BL.TXT1',
False
);

If you want to provide aliases, they must be given within double-quotes:

Select empno "Number", ename "Name", sal "Salary" from emp

Special case:

If you need to incorporate a function that contains a comma, To_Char(), for instance, replace the comma by a ;

e.g.
select empno, ename, sal, TO_CHAR(hiredate;'DD/MM/YYYY') "HIREDATE" from emp

the ; will be replace by its normal comma at execution time.

The sample dialog

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· Download the dynamic_lov.fmb sample dialog for you to test (Forms 9.0.2)

To implement it into you own Forms, you can simply drag the DYN_LOV object group into your module.

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