Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

Pre-Record trigger
Description
Fires during the Enter the Record process, during navigation to a different record.
Definition Level form or block
Legal Commands
SELECT statements, unrestricted built-ins
Enter Query Mode no
Usage Notes
Use a Pre-Record trigger to keep a running total.
On Failure
Navigation fails and focus remains in the current item.
Fires In
Enter the Record
See Process Flowcharts
Pre-Record trigger restrictions
A Pre-Record trigger fires only when the form is run with a validation unit of the item or record, as
specified by the Validation Unit form property.
Pre-Record trigger examples
Example
The following trigger prevents the user from entering a new record given some dynamic condition and
the status of SYSTEM.RECORD_STATUS evaluating to NEW.
IF (( dynamic-condition)
AND :System.Record_Status = ’NEW’) THEN
RAISE Form_trigger_Failure;
END IF;
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