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From: blinder@oracle.uucp (Ben Linder)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: RE: How to 'link' Oracle's SQL*Forms and SQL*Report ?
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Date: 2 Dec 88 05:33:11 GMT
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Well, linking forms and RPT is not too complicated.

My favorite approach is to link the two using a parameter table in the 
database. Have a table which contains a column for each parameter the report
requires, then use a form to load the data into the table. Once the RPT 
is called, it can SELECT from the table, execute the report, and DELETE
the row from the table. Keep in mind SQL*REPORT can execute any valid
SQL DML statement.

This can be the basis for a rather elegant system which can manage 
batch reports, etc.

		Glad to help

				Ben Linder

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