Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

Database_Value property
Description
For a base table item that is part of a database record whose status is QUERY or UPDATE,
Database_Value returns the value that was originally fetched from the database. When a fetched value
has been updated and then subsequently committed, Database_Value returns the committed value.
For a control item that is part of a database record, Database_Value returns the value that was originally
assigned to the item when the record was fetched from the database.
For any item that is part of a non-database record whose status is NEW or INSERT, Database_Value
returns the current value of the item.
Note: You can examine the Database_Value property to determine what the value of an item in a
database record was before it was modified by the end user.
Note: You can examine the SYSTEM.RECORD_STATUS system variable or use the
GET_RECORD_PROPERTY built-in to determine if a record has been queried from the database.
Applies to:
all items except buttons, chart items, and image items
Set not settable
Refer to Built-in:
GET_ITEM_PROPERTY
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