I'm making a student management system on apex. The short of it is a place where lecturers and students can log on. Lecturers create assignments, assign them, mark them, take attendance, record issues ...... all that, and students log on to view their attendance and results.
Now when a student clicks the "My Results" link it navigates to the same page that a lecturer sees, though the select list where a student is selected to view the results of is hidden. The select list displays the students name and returns the id for that student, which also happens to be the user name for a student to log in.
So i want to pass the value of the app-user when a student clicks the link so that only their results are shown.
I've tried to set
these items
:P10_SELECT_STUDENT
with these values
#APP_USER#
which works but no the message "no data found" is shown.
Just for testing i've set that select list to be displayed for a student, and when the page loads it loads with the null value at the top of the list which is
display value
select a student
return value
-1
I've gone and manually set the value passed to be the id of the test student. works a treat, the data loads for that student!!
So does anyone know why the #APP_USSER# value im sending isnt being set in the listbox
Thanks in advance
What you need is the session state of the APP_USER variable. In a query you would reference this with :APP_USER. When you need to pass on the value as a parameter for, for example, a link, you would use the substitution string notation &APP_USER. Much the same way you would refer any other variable/page item.
For example, setting up a button:
A good page to read up on Substitution strings: Application Builder Concepts
The hash-sign notation is commonly used for non-plsql-variables substitution, like the value of a column in report when passed through in a link,
Zac,
If the users haven't authenticate themselves then the :APP_USER parameter is null. If the user authenticated via a SSO, or via DB credentials or whatever you have in the application then the :APP_USER will get populated.
Here is what i understood :
In page 12 , P12_STUDENTS is a select list, and you want it to reflect the current student if he enters or the full list if he's a teacher right?
You don't need to pass :APP_USER via a link or a branch or whatever. It exists as a global Apex variable and is visible in page 12 via :APP_USER but again , its null if the user is not authenticated.
Your select list source should be like:
select display d, return r
from table
where (:APP_USER is NULL
OR (:APP_USER IS NOT NULL AND :APP_USER = student))
tell me if this helps?
regards,
Alex
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I am building a training platform for work. I have created the requirements for a user to be trained based on a role given to them. If that role is aligned to a document it will sit against the user. I have managed to get most of the way but am struglling on the best way to finish the where statement within mysqli.
tbldocfiles is a list of my files. I am looking at docid (could be multiple files associated to the document)
tbltrainingaccess sets the roles (driver, warehouseman, customer services) and shows which role (by id) is associated to the document in docfiles.
tblusertraining is the list of users and what role they have associated to them. (driver, warehouseman, customer services).
I am listing the documents associated to the user so have thought the following is the best way:
Look at the user and how many roles he/she is allocated
Look at the roles returned in point 1 (where function)
Identify and match the documents that have the same roles as the user (Join function)
create the list, then look at the unique values for docid. (distinct value)
Example User Bri has the driver and warehouseman role.
There are 5 documents in the db, 3 of them are associated to the driver role (docid 1,2,3) and 2 of them are associated to the warehouseman role (docid 2,4) the 5th document is associayted to customerservice.
My query should do this:
List all documents associated to the roles, that are associated to the user Bri
1
2
3
2
4
Now select unique values (using docid) from the above list:
1,2,3,4.
So my answer will be a used as a count function at the end using mysql_fetch_rows
SELECT DISTINCT tbldocfiles.docid FROM tbldocfiles LEFT JOIN tbltrainingaccess ON (tbldocfiles.docid = tbltrainingaccess.docid) where groupid='1' or groupid='9'
The above code works. but i've got myself confused.
The where statement needs to be the result of a query similar to :
select * from tblusertrainingrole where userid='1' (1 will be a variable based on page selection)
the result in this would be 1, 9 which are the groupid results.
Basically any help would be appreciated! I am sure it will be simple but have burnt myself out on this for a while and most answers in here helped with joining but not the where statement (that I could find)
Thank you in advance everyone!
You can do a select statement in the where. Since it is an or statement you can use in for the results. Please replace * with the column name for the value you need. Should look like
where groupid in (select * from tblusertrainingrole where userid = '1')
I have the following workflow on a website:
Some user John Doe declares a company through form 1
(fields: name, head office location)
After John Doe submits (HTTP POST) form 1, he is redirected (HTTP 302) to company form 2 with additional legal information about the company.
The problem is, if John Doe hits the back button of his browser during step 2, he will land on the form 1, with data filled by the browser (using values he already submitted — that's what Firefox and major browsers seem to do).
John Doe might then think he can use this form to update some information (e.g. fix a typo in the name of the company) whereas he will actually create a new company doing so, as we don't know on the server side whether he wants to declare a new company or update the one he just created.
Do you know any simple solution to handle that problem ?
Use javascript/jquery script after the page is loaded to empty all the inputs. This will prevent confusion of "updating the company".
jQuery would look something like this:
$('#elementID').val('');
You can also handle the situation by manipulating the browser history
on load of form 2, and pass the CompanyId generated on submit of form 1 using querystring. So that you can actually update the company as the user
Suppose John submits form1.html, a unique CompanyId "1001" is generated and redirected to form2.html. Now on load of form2 you can modify the browser history form1.html?companyid=1001 using
var stateObj = { foo: "bar" };
history.pushState(stateObj, "page 1", "form1.html?companyid=1001");
Now, when the user click back button and submits the form1 again. you can check for companyid in querystring and update the company.
I think it is more user-friendly when user can return back to previous form and update it (instead preventing the described behavior).
I use in most cases similar way to handle described problem:
Let's assume that user is on the page /some-page, that contains "Create new company" button.
When the user opens this page, will be executed special method createOrFindCompanyDraft() on the server-side. This method creates new company "draft" record in DB (only for the current user). For example, draft record has primary key id=473. When you execute this method again it will return the same record with the id=473 (with "draft" status). "Draft" record should't display on any other interfaces.
And "Create new company" has link /company/common/473.
When user go to /company/common/473, you display form 1, that will be filled from "draft" record. At first time user will see empty form.
Technically user will update the existing record, but you can display "Create new company" title on the page.
Then user go to form 2, for example, /company/legal-info/473, you create similar draft record for the this form (similar to step 1).
When user submit the form 2, you will remove "draft" status from the record id=473 (and any related records).
Next time when user open page /some-page, will be created new draft record for the current user.
Browser history will contain:
/some-page
/company/common/473
/company/legal-info/473
/some-page2
I like this approach, because all form only update records. You can go to previous/next form many times (for example "Back"/"Forward" browser buttons). You can close browser, and open not completed forms tomorrow. This way doesn't require any additional manipulation with the browser history.
try this
<form autocomplete="off" ...></form>
And Another
Use temporary tables or session to store the Page 1 form data. If the page 2 form is submitted use the temporary data of page 1 which is stored in database or in session.
Use a Separate key (Hidden field ) in both page 1 and page 2.
Actually I thought of a trick to obtain that "create on first post, update after" behavior (just like the user thinks it should behave).
Let's say the step 1 form is at the URL /create_company/. Then I could have that page generate a random code XXX and redirect to /create_company/?token=XXX. When I create the company I save the information that it was created through page with token XXX (for instance, I save it in user's session as we don't need to keep that information forever) and when the form is submitted, if I know that a company was already generated using this token, I know the user used the same form instance and must have used the back button since the token would be different if he explicitly asked for another company.
What do you think ? (I initially thought there should be a simpler solution, as this seems a little bit over-engineered for such a simple issue)
This is more like a UX question.
I'd think that the solution lies within the information given to the user on that form, to help them understand what they're doing.
Set a title that says 'Create a company', for example, and set your submit button as 'Create Company' will help your user with that. Use a unique id when you create the company object, and pass the id back to the same URL in order to perform an update. You should then update your title and button that tells user that they are updating instead of creating.
In that sense I'd say it's better to use a more generic URL like /company and /company?id=12345.
You could also consider using Restful API protocol to help your server identifies the CRUD operation. http://www.restapitutorial.com/lessons/httpmethods.html
Without the "routing" part of django it is hard to help. I can just answer my experience from the express.js-router functionality:
you can specify a post on /company, which is for new users.
you can specify another route for post on /company/:companyid for a changing form
and as a response from the create-post you can redirect to the different location.
I'm designing a database to track requests. Currently, I have a form that its' record source is based off a query "Unassigned Requests". This query is based off my table Requests, and returns all "unassigned Requests". In this form, I would like the status field to change to "Assigned", once a Tech field has been assigned to the request. I currently have the Default for the Tech Assigned field set to "Blank', and the status field set to 'Unassigned". Both of these fields are combo boxes. The status field has a control source from the request table and row source from the status table. The tech assigned field has a control source from the Tech table and the row source is based off a query.
I have tried multiple solutions that have not seemed to work. I have limited experience with Macros and VBA. I would appreciate any suggestions on solving this problem.
I am going to make some assumptions regarding your post and if any are incorrect please let me know.
You have a request form where a request is assigned to a Tech. On that form there is a dropdown for the status, and also for the Tech.
You want to make it so when the tech dropdown is filled out with a tech's name you want the dropdown to change to assigned.
If this is the case I would recommend using the Tech Assigned field's AfterUpdate event. The code would look something like this:
Private Sub cboTech_Assigned_AfterUpdate()
If Nz(Me.cboTech_Assigned.Value, "") <> "" Then
Me.cboStatus = "Assigned"
Else
Me.cboStatus = ""
End If
End Sub
Obviously you will need to adjust to your own naming scheme. I should also point out that I don't even know if that Nz function is needed, I have just gotten into the habit of putting it everywhere. If I misunderstood something about what you want to do please let me know!
This is more of a theory question. I have a page with a bunch of various textfields, dropdown boxes, etc. Each user has his/her "own page" that can be updated via this update page that I am referring to. He updates the fields at his choosing. It passes about 30 variables (if every field is inputted) to a "preview page". If the person likes the preview page, then they click an "update" button at the bottom of the preview page and all the various variables are updated into the appropriate MySQL table and their "own page" that others see is updated dynamically. (let me know if this explanation isn't clear).
Inserting this information for the first time is easy. However, when a user wants to update only a few of the fields for his page later, this is where I am confused. How do I make the MySQL update query dynamic to recognize an update to ONLY the fields on the page that the user wants to update (while he leaves the other fields blank, thus leaving the old information intact for those columns, and they are disregarded in the update query).
Let me know if what I'm asking doesn't make sense and I'll try again.
Thanks for your help.
The easiest way to do this would be
UPDATE MyTable m SET m.f1 = COALESCE(input1,m.f1), m.f2 = COALESCE(input2,m.f2), ....
WHERE m.id = key;
The COALESCE will return the first non-null value (or null if all values are null).
Note that you can insert a default value after the existing field value if you want to force a default.
Like so:
UPDATE MyTable m SET m.f1 = COALESCE(input1,m.f1,default1), m.f2 = COALESCE(input2,m.f2,default2), ....
WHERE m.id = key;
See: MySQL: how to use COALESCE
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/comparison-operators.html#function_coalesce
Using the Box 1.0 REST API, I am trying to work with the functions in SOAP UI.
The API doc for get_managed_users with user_id=12345 (internal id retrieved with get_user_id call correctly) is returning all the users. The docs say that would be the case if you do not specify a user_id value. But my full command is: (Token and API key changed to protect the clueless)
https://www.box.com/api/1.0/rest?user_id=27360&auth_token=blahbalhblah1234&action=get_managed_users&api_key=someKeyYouShouldNotSee
Now I could work with the complete result list, but that won't scale as we get thousands of users into the system.
I can make a call with edit_managed_user, using the same user_id value and the change is reflected in the UI, and in the next get_managed_users call. Thus I do have the correct user_id value, I would so assume.
I tried testuser#gmail.com as the user_id value as well, and get the entire list back. This leads me to believe that somehow I am sending user_id wrong, but I just do not see it.
Any hints? Why, with what seems like a valid user_id value is it acting like it is absent or incorrect?
Most likely you have either called this method with an invalid user_id, or one that is not in your set of managed users. Can you double check that the user comes back in your list of already managed users?