Auto Number in Forms

Hi,
I have a multiple line block [grid type] in tabular format in which the first column would be the serial number.
The first value should display as '1' and once the user entered the records the focus goes to new next record the sequence should be automatic
and should display '2' . The sequence number should be generated for every new record.
Any idea how to achieve this in forms.
Regards...

Hello,
FormsEleven wrote:
You can use :system.trigger_record in a when-create-record trigger ..Yeah, will work but creation record between the records will duplicate the serial number as it will return the trigger_record number.
Use one non-database item as summary (maximum) function for that serial item and in WHEN-CREATE-RECORD use like this
:serial_item:=NVL(:non-database-item+1,1);-Ammad

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