Plug-in Details: CLOB Load
Have you ever used a Rich Text Editor item type in APEX? Has the amount of text ever exceeded 32k? Choke! And so begins the search for a work around... While work arounds exists they can be a little difficult find and repeat each time you need them. We designed the Enkitec CLOB Load plug-in to simplify and standardize how large amounts of text are moved from the database to APEX page items and then back to the database.
Unfortunately Oracle have failed to allow the report to be based on a PLSQL function returning the query.
Step1.Create a collection based on a query. The code for this should be placed in a before header process
APEX_COLLECTION.CREATE_COLLECTION_FROM_QUERY(p_collection_name => ‘IR_TEST’,p_query => function_returning_query );
Step 2.Create an interactive report querying a collection.
Select *From apex_collectionsWhere collection_name = ‘IR_TEST’;