Question

In oracle reports, I have a scenario where I have 2 formula columns A,B in a group G. A computes a value and stores it in placeholder column C in the same group G.

Given A&C are defined above B, Would B always see the value C updated by A?. I have a couple of test cases where B sees the updated value. Just wanted to make sure that this is the defined order of execution in oracle reports.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

you can use the SRW.REFERENCE procedure to make sure that a PL/SQL block will be executed after the object referenced are computed. From the help topic:

Description This procedure causes Report Builder to add the referenced
object to the PL/SQL construct’s
dependency list. This causes Report
Builder to determine the object’s
value just before firing the PL/SQL
construct. This is useful when you
want to ensure that a column value
passed to a user exit is the most
recently computed or fetched value.

Syntax SRW.REFERENCE (:object CHAR|DATE|NUMBER);