Krishna

• Jul 3rd, 2006

 

Place Holder column is created in reports

A placeholder is a column for which you set the datatype and value in PL/SQL that you define. Placeholder columns are useful when you want to selectively set the value of a column (e.g., each time the nth record is fetched, or each time a record containing a specific value is fetched, etc.). You can set the value of a placeholder column in the following places: the Before Report Trigger, if the placeholder is a report-level column a report-level formula column, if the placeholder is a report-level column a formula in the placeholder's group or a group below it (the value is set once for each record of the group)

DEEPAK KUMAR

• Oct 4th, 2006

 

Place holder is a column that store the value in A VariAble

rampratap409

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• Dec 6th, 2006

 

Place holder column is the name of variable which can hold a calculated value like ( sum, avg..) or the value can be set by function or by a pl/sql block.

use of place holder column for aggrigate function is not advised, for that use summary column.

sumanpani

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• Sep 16th, 2008

 

A placeholder is a column for which you set the datatype and value in PL/SQL that you define.  You can set the value of a placeholder column in the following places:

n the Before Report Trigger, if the placeholder is a report-level column

n a report-level formula column, if the placeholder is a report-level column

To create or edit a placeholder column: