DISPLAY_AND_SAVE Function

35.4 DISPLAY_AND_SAVE Function

Use this function to display an item as text, but save its value to session state.

Syntax

APEX_ITEM.DISPLAY_AND_SAVE (
    p_idx         IN    NUMBER,
    p_value       IN    VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_item_id     IN    VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_item_label  IN    VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL )
    RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_idx`	Number that determines which `APEX_APPLICATION` global variable is used.Valid range of values is 1 to 50. For example, 1 creates `F01` and 2 creates `F02`.
`p_value`	Current value.
`p_item_id`	HTML attribute ID for the `<span>` tag.
`p_item_label`	Invisible label created for the item.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to use the APEX_ITEM.DISPLAY_AND_SAVE function.

SELECT APEX_ITEM.DISPLAY_AND_SAVE(10,empno) c FROM emp

Parent topic: APEX_ITEM (Legacy)