Retrieves the sequence number of the selected row for the given group. Suppose you want to get a particular column value from a record group for the all rows or for particular rows, then you can use get_group_selection built-in to perform the task.Ex…

The below plsql program unit could be used in a WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE trigger to initially populate the hierarchical tree with data in Oracle forms.DECLAREhtree ITEM;v_ignore NUMBER;rg_emps RECORDGROUP;BEGIN-- Find the tree itself.htree := Find_Item…

Example is given below to Populate a List Item in Oracle Forms using Create_Group_From_Query , Populate_List and Populate_Group command. In this example you can specify the query at run time to populate the list item with that query result.   Followi…

Run_Product is used to run Oracle Reports (RDF/REP files) in Oracle Forms. It invokes one of the supported Oracle tools products and specifies the name of the module or module to be run. If the called product is unavailable at the time of the call, F…

Suppose you want to scan a tabular grid block (loop through all records in detail block) from top to bottom in Oracle forms. You can do this task by using :system.last_record system variable to determine whether it is last record in a block and then…

SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK Determining current block in Oracle Forms Using SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK system variable. The value that the SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK system variable represents depends on the current navigation unit:If the current navigation unit is the bl…

I wrote this trigger around 4 years ago to handle errors in an application based on Oracle Forms 6i. This trigger handles all errors with some custom messages for some specific errors and not only this after giving an appropriate message to the user…

Suppose you want to populate a non-database data block with records manually in Oracle forms. This task can be done using a cursor.   Below is the example given for hr.job_history table, where user input the employee id in upper block and click on th…

The example given below for writing text file or CSV using Text_IO package from a tabular block in Oracle Forms.   Suppose there is a tabular grid data block "Job_History" in your forms and you want to write a CSV on click of a button by reading…

See also: Why And When To Use Pre-Update and Pre-Insert Triggers In Oracle FormsPre-Update Fires during the Post and CommitTransactions process, before a row is updated in Oracle Forms. It fires once for each record that is marked for update.The foll…