Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

The following table illustrates the effect on record, block, and form status of changes to base table items
and control item in base table and control blocks.
Type of
Block/Type of
Item Changed
In a Base Table
Block: Change a
Base Table Item
In a Base Table
Block:Change a
Base Table Item
In a Base Table
Block:Change a
Control Item
...and no record
in current block
is changed
...and no block
in current form
is changed
In a Base Table
Block: Change a
Control Item
In a Control
Block: Change
a Control Item
...and no record
in current block
is changed
...and no block
in current form
is changed
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Record
Status
Before
Change
Record
Status
After
Change
Block
Status
Form
Status
NEW INSERT CHANGED CHANGED
QUERY CHANGED CHANGED CHANGED
QUERY QUERY
QUERY QUERY
QUERY QUERY QUERY
NEW INSERT
NEW INSERT
INSERT QUERY
INSERT QUERY QUERY
In general, any assignment to a database item will change a record’s status from QUERY to CHANGED
(or from NEW to INSERT), even if the value being assigned is the same as the previous value. Passing
an item to a procedure as OUT or IN OUT parameter counts as an assignment to it.
Both GET_RECORD_PROPERTY and the system variable SYSTEM.RECORD_STATUS return the
status of a record in a given block, and in most cases, they return the same status. However, there are
specific cases in which the results may differ.