Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

Contains any integer (signed or unsigned whole number).
648
Default 0
Example 1, 100, -1000
JDATE
Contains a valid Julian date.
Default MM/DD/YY
Restrictions V3 data type.
Must refer to a NUMBER column in the database.
Included for backward compatibility. Instead, follow these recommendations:
Use the DATE data type.
Apply a format mask to produce the Julian date format.
Reference a DATE column in the database, rather than a NUMBER column.
Example 10/23/92 (October 23, 1992)
LONG
06/01/93 (June 1, 1993)
Contains any combination of characters. Stored in ORACLE as variable-length character strings. Forms
allows a LONG field to be up to 65,534 bytes. However, PL/SQL has a maximum of 32,760 bytes. If a
LONG variable is to be used as a bind variable in a PL/SQL statement, it cannot exceed that 32,760 byte
limit.
Default Null
Restrictions Not allowed as a reference in the WHERE or ORDER BY clauses of any SELECT
statement.
MONEY
LONG items are not queryable in Enter Query mode.
Contains a signed or unsigned number to represent a sum of money.
Restrictions V3 data type
Example 10.95, 0.99, -15.47
NUMBER
Included for backward compatibility. Instead, use a format mask with a number to
produce the same result.