title: Oracle Apex pass item value from one page to another
body: <p>I am just looking into Apex and have set up two pages:<br>
  - one with an entry text box called SEARCH_STRING;<br>
  - the second page is a report based on the entry made the first page with a field called P2_X.<br>
  I want to pass the value of the string to the second page but it does not appear.  </p>
  
  <p>On the first page, I have configured the button so it will set P2_X with SEARCH_STRING, (actually listed as &amp;SEARCH_STRING) but whatever text I type in, nothing appears in P2_X.  </p>
  
  <p>This is such a straightforward operation, I know I'm missing something fundamental but I can't see what it is</p>