Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

ENTER_QUERY restrictions
Use the ALL_RECORDS and FOR_UPDATE parameters with caution. Locking and fetching a large
number of rows can result in long delays due to the many resources that must be acquired to accomplish
the task.
ENTER_QUERY examples
/*
** Built-in: ENTER_QUERY
** Example: Go Into Enter-Query mode, and exit the form if
** the user cancels out of enter-query mode.
*/
BEGIN
Enter_Query;
/*
** Check to see if the record status of the first record
** is ’NEW’ immediately after returning from enter-query
** mode. It should be ’QUERY’ if at least one row was
** returned.
*/
IF :System.Record_Status = ’NEW’ THEN
Exit_Form(No_Validate);
END IF;
END;
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