Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

SYSTEM.TRIGGER_ITEM system variable
Syntax
SYSTEM.TRIGGER_ITEM
Description
SYSTEM.TRIGGER_ITEM represents the item (BLOCK.ITEM) in the scope for which the trigger is
currently firing. When referenced in a key trigger, it represents the item where the cursor was located
when the trigger began. The value is always a character string.
Usage Notes
SYSTEM.TRIGGER_ITEM remains the same from the beginning to the end of given trigger. This
differs from SYSTEM.CURSOR_ITEM, which may change within a given trigger when navigation
takes place.
SYSTEM.TRIGGER_ITEM restrictions
Avoid using SYSTEM.TRIGGER_ITEM in triggers where the current navigation unit is not the item,
such as Pre- and Post-Record, Block, and Form triggers. In these triggers, the value of
SYSTEM.TRIGGER_ITEM is NULL.
SYSTEM.TRIGGER_ITEM examples
Assume that you want to write a user-defined procedure that navigates to the item where the cursor was
when the current trigger initially fired. The following statement performs this function.
Go_Item(:System.trigger_Item);
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