Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK system variable
Syntax
SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK
Description
The value that the SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK system variable represents depends on the current
navigation unit:
• If the current navigation unit is the block, record, or item (as in the Pre- and Post- Item, Record, and
Block triggers), the value of SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK is the name of the block where the cursor
is located. The value is always a character string.
• If the current navigation unit is the form (as in the Pre- and Post-Form triggers), the value of
SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK is NULL.
SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK examples
Assume that you want to create a Key-NXTBLK trigger at the form level that navigates depending on
what the current block is. The following trigger performs this function, using
:SYSTEM.CURSOR_BLOCK stored in a local variable.
DECLARE
curblk VARCHAR2(30);
BEGIN
curblk := :System.Cursor_Block;
IF curblk = ’ORDERS’
THEN Go_Block(’ITEMS’);
ELSIF curblk = ’ITEMS’
THEN Go_Block(’CUSTOMERS’);
ELSIF curblk = ’CUSTOMERS’
THEN Go_Block(’ORDERS’);
END IF;
END;
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