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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Updated almost 5 years ago