"Correct" way to do data entry form?
efultzApr 26 2011 — edited Apr 27 2011I have a situation where I want to build a page that will accept input for a number of fields. The data entered will be passed to a PL/SQL procedure that will then be sent to another application. There are no database tables being read, nor are any being updated. This is just a simple data entry screen. I created a separate HTML region for each field so that I can make them so they are not right up against each other. But I am unhappy with what I have created. Is there a "best practice" method for creating a data entry screen so that I can have data fields that I control location on the screen (or at least horiz and vert spacing between fields)? I want to put text at various places, etc.
Most of what I have coded has been some kind of interactive report pulling data from a table. That formatting is controlled by APEX. But here I really want to do more free-form work. I know I can code the HTML itself but I need to take the data values entered and use them in a process as parameters. Maybe I am over-complicating this? Would be fine if I had a pointer to an example that I could work with.