Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

NEXT_RECORD built-in
Description
Navigates to the first enabled and navigable item in the record with the next higher sequence number
than the current record. If there is no such record, Form Builder will fetch or create a record. If the
current record is a new record, NEXT_RECORD fails.
Syntax
PROCEDURE NEXT_RECORD;
Built-in Type restricted procedure
Enter Query Mode no
Parameters
none
NEXT_RECORD restrictions
Not allowed in Enter Query mode.
NEXT_RECORD examples
/*
** Built-in: NEXT_RECORD
** Example: If the current item is the last item in the
** block, then skip to the next record instead of
** the default of going back to the first item in
** the same block
** trigger: Key-Next-Item
*/
DECLARE
cur_itm VARCHAR2(80) := :System.Cursor_Item;
cur_blk VARCHAR2(80) := :System.Cursor_Block;
lst_itm VARCHAR2(80);
BEGIN
lst_itm :=
cur_blk||’.’||Get_Block_Property(cur_blk,LAST_ITEM);
IF cur_itm = lst_itm THEN
Next_Record;
ELSE
Next_Item;
END IF;
END;
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