Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

• Blank spaces
• Special characters ($, #, @, and _)
Default Blanks
Example "100 Main Street", "CHAR_EXAMPLE_2"
DATE
Contains a valid date. You can display a DATE item in any other valid format by changing the item’s
format mask.
Default DD-MON-YY
Restrictions Refers to a DATE column in the database and is processed as a true date, not a
character string.
The DATE data type
contains a ZERO time
component
Example 01-JAN-92
DATETIME
Contains a valid date and time.
Default DD-MON-YY HH24:MI[:SS]
.
Restrictions Refers to a DATE column in the database and is processed as a true date, not a
character string.
Example 31-DEC-88 23:59:59
EDATE
Contains a valid European date.
Default DD/MM/YY
Restrictions V3 data type.
The DATETIME data type contains a four digit year. If the year input to a
DATETIME data type is two digits, the year is interpreted as 00YY.
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 European date format.
Reference a DATE column in the database, rather than a NUMBER column.
Example 23/10/92 (October 23, 1992)
INT
01/06/93 (June 1, 1993)
Contains any integer (signed or unsigned whole number).
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