Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

SET_GROUP_DATE_CELL built-in
Description
Sets the value for the record group cell identified by the given row and column.
Syntax
SET_GROUP_DATE_CELL
(groupcolumn_id GroupColumn,
row_number NUMBER,
cell_value DATE);
SET_GROUP_DATE_CELL
(groupcolumn_name VARCHAR2,
row_number NUMBER,
cell_value DATE);
Built-in Type unrestricted procedure
Enter Query Mode yes
Parameters
groupcolumn_id The unique ID that Form Builder assigns when it creates the column for the
record group. Use the FIND_COLUMN built-in to return the ID to an
appropriately typed variable. The data type of the ID is GroupColumn.
groupcolumn_name The name you gave to the column when you created it, preceded by the
record group name and a dot, as in recordgroup_name.groupcolumn_name.
The data type of the name is VARCHAR2.
row_number Specifies the row number that contains the cell whose value you intend to
set. Specify as a whole NUMBER.
cell_value Specifies the DATE value you intend to enter into a cell.
SET_GROUP_DATE_CELL restrictions
• You must create the specified row before setting the value of a cell in that row. Form Builder does
not automatically create a new row when you indicate one in this built-in. Explicitly add the row
with the ADD_GROUP_ROW built-in or populate the group with either POPULATE_GROUP or
POPULATE_GROUP_WITH_QUERY.
• Not valid for a static record group. A static record group is a record group that was created at
design time and that has the Record Group Type property set to Static.
SET_GROUP_DATE_CELL examples
/*
** Built-in: SET_GROUP_DATE_CELL
** Example: Lookup a row in a record group, and set the
** minimum order date associated with that row in
** the record group. Uses the ’is_value_in_list’
** function from the GET_GROUP_CHAR_CELL example.
*/
PROCEDURE Set_Max_Order_Date_Of( part_no VARCHAR2,
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