Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

ERASE built-in
Description
Removes an indicated global variable, so that it no longer exists, and releases the memory associated
with the global variable. Globals always allocate 255 bytes of storage. To ensure that performance is
not impacted more than necessary, always erase any global variable when it is no longer needed.
Syntax
PROCEDURE ERASE
(global_variable_name VARCHAR2);
Built-in Type unrestricted procedure
Enter Query Mode yes
Parameters
global_variable_name Specifies the name of a valid global variable.
ERASE examples
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ERASE(’global.var’);