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Repeating pages using a data source input

It is possible to use a question as an input on a Data Source question to allow a user to select how many pages to display on a page repeater at run time. The data source needs to call a SQL Stored Procedure which returns a sequential list of numbers based on a maximum number specified in the question.

The steps to implement this are as follows:

Create and Configure the Stored Procedure

ReturnConsecutiveNumbers stored procedure

create procedure [dbo].[ReturnConsecutiveNumbers]
(
	@val int
)
as
begin

SET NOCOUNT ON

	SELECT TOP (@val) row_number() over(order by t1.number) as Numbers
	FROM master..spt_values t1 
		CROSS JOIN master..spt_values t2

end
GO

Configure the Data Object

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Create the question in Designer
Create the number Question

The value captured in the Number question will determine how many pages are displayed by the repeating page control.

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Create the Data Source Question

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Create the Repeating Page

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