Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

DUPLICATE_RECORD built-in
Description
Copies the value of each item in the record with the next lower sequence number to the corresponding
items in the current record. The current record must not correspond to a row in the database. If it does,
an error occurs.
Note: The duplicate record does not inherit the record status of the source record; instead, its record
status is INSERT.
Syntax
PROCEDURE DUPLICATE_RECORD;
Built-in Type restricted procedure
Enter Query Mode no
Parameters
none
DUPLICATE_RECORD restrictions
A previous record must exist in your current session.
DUPLICATE_RECORD examples
/*
** Built-in: DUPLICATE_RECORD;
** Example: Make a copy of the current record and increment
** the "line_sequence" item by one.
*/
DECLARE
n NUMBER;
BEGIN
/*
** Remember the value of the ’line_sequence’ from the
** current record
*/
n := :my_block.line_sequence;
/*
** Create a new record, and copy all the values from the
** previous record into it.
*/
Create_Record;
Duplicate_Record;
/*
** Set the new record’s ’line_sequence’ to one more than
** the last record’s.
*/
:my_block.line_sequence := n + 1;
END;
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