Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

On-Update trigger
Description
Fires during the Post and Commit Transactions process while updating a record. Specifically, it fires
after the Pre-Update trigger fires and before the Post-Update trigger fires, when Form Builder would
normally update a record in the database. It fires once for each row that is marked for update in the
form.
Definition Level form or block
Legal Commands
SELECT statements, DML statements (DELETE, INSERT, UPDATE), unrestricted built-ins
Enter Query Mode no
Usage Notes
Use an On-Update trigger to replace the default Form Builder processing for handling updated records
during transaction posting.
To perform the default Form Builder processing from this trigger, include a call to the
UPDATE_RECORD built-in.
On Failure
Form Builder performs the following steps when the On-Update trigger fails:
• sets the error location
• rolls back to the most recently issued savepoint
Fires In
Post and Commit Transactions
See Process Flowcharts
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