Copying Packaging Spec

When I am copying packaging spec, the fields 'Category', 'Sub-Category' & 'Group' are getting copied over, however the fields under 'Available UOM', 'UOM Conversions' and Cross Reference' are not getting copied, whether I choose to keep the copied Spec linked to the Template or not. [Both the Spec copied from and the Template used has those UOM/Cross reference fields defined] . Aren't those UOM/Cross reference fields suppose to be copied over to the new Spec? When I create a new Spec from Template, system brings over all fields [UOM/Cross reference etc.] from Template, so I was expecting the same behavior while copying too, since I am linking to the Template during the copying process. Can someone shed some light on this issue please?

I believe that the functional use cases are different. When you are copying from a Template, you are not copying a real existing specification - rather, you are creating a spec with values that should be there by default. These values from a template are typically not meant to be specific to one single specification, but rather to a grouping/classification of specs. Perhaps a Beverage type specification, created from a Beverage template, would have certain Available UOMs that a Sauce specification would not. Cross References on a template may be used for pack size purposes, which may also be specific to a template.
When you copy an existing specification, the assumption is that the specification is linked to some external system(s) using the cross references - if those were copied over, you could have an possible discrepancy. Also, since you are doing a copy and not a new revision, we assumed the UOM info would be different so is is cleared out.

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Hello once again.
I'm developing a master-detail form, so I'm using a "Package Spec" variable to hold the primary key value from the master form. The primary key value for the master is generated by a sequence.
Here's the package spec:
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pkey varchar2(15);
END;Now the master table has the following "Before Insert" Trigger .
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into primary_key_value from dual;
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BEFORE INSERT
ON DETAIL1
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
if :new.M_ref_number is NULL THEN
:new.M_ref_number:=primary_keygen.pkey;
ENd if;
END;Works quite fine if I have only one detail block. But if I have multiple detail blocks. Depending on the user's selection. i.e. After entering data into the master block, the user selects a detail block ('Letter type'- using stacked canvases for this purpose and radio buttons for selecting the view) and then Inserts data into it. here's what I do in the Detail block2.
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER OREF_NUM_GEN
BEFORE INSERT
ON DETAIL2
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BEGIN
if :new.O_ref_number is NULL THEN
:new.O_ref_number:=pkey_gen.master_key;
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END;Now the problem is that When I enter one record into detail1, works fine, but for the second time, when I try to insert another record. the master table gets a new reference number (primary key value) while the detail block gets the previous value that was used in the first record!, so that means 'pkey_gen.master_key' is holding the old value, while in my opinion it should hold the new value, I dont know whats wrong here. If I try to insert two consecutive records into the same detail table, I get an error saying "Unique Constraint voilated", becuase the variable is holding the old values.
And lastly after it inserts the record into the database, I get a dialog box saying, "successfuly inserted 2 records into the database" and when I click ok, the Form closes by itself, any ideas on how to stop this?
I'm really stuck here. Please help me out on this.
Thanks.
Note: I'm using Form6i with Database 10g.
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fahimkhan82

Hi,
Maybe the best way to start is to try building a new form from scratch. For simplicity I will assume that you have one master and one detail table. Master table has a primary key and the detail table has a foreign key to the master. Based on this, with the forms you can create a database block based on your master table. Use the wizard. Again using the wizard, create a second block based on the detail table. You'll see a screen to prompt to create a relationship. Create one by selecting the master table and the right foreign key relation. Now take a close look to all triggers automatically created by the form. Also check the "Relations" object found in you master block object tree. Note that the foreight key column in the detail table has the "Copy Value From Item" property set to monitor the master block's primary key.
This is the basic. You don't need the database triggers, except (in case you want to insert through, say, SLQPlus) the one for the master table, which will look like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER MASTER_NUM_GEN
BEFORE INSERT
ON MASTER
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF :new.ref_number IS NULL THEN
select 'ABC/'||pad(to_char(ref_gen.nextval), 4,'0')
into :new.ref_number
from dual;
END IF;
END;
Now you have to take care about the inserts in your form. Create PRE-INSERT trigger on the master block.
IF :master.ref_number IS NULL THEN
SELECT 'ABC/'||pad(to_char(ref_gen.NEXTVAL), 4,'0')
INTO :master.ref_number
FROM dual;
END IF;
Run the form and explore different situations to see how the form is keeping the data integrity.
Compile with Shift+K (incremental). Sometimes forms blow just because not all of the trigers were compiled properly.
Hope this helps...

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Hi,
Welcome to the forum. This behavior of the chooser UI for Save Package Spec and Body changed between 3.0 and 3.1, mostly for the better, I assume, except perhaps for the issue on which you comment. In general, I believe there was an effort to make the user experience more consistent across the product when opening or saving files.
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Thanks

Thank you for the effort. There are still informal steps. Here is refined test:
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I don't understand what you are saying here, don't you want to keep fine name and location the same?
Or you have meant that the first time around you had to input filename, and this time you just have choosen it?
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and
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Wants Some Help About Package Spec

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At present the performance is very slow.
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in data base side? If possible how ?
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increases or not?

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I want to copy data from category BudgetV1 to BudgetV2,
I have tried to use Copy Package but I always get error with
error message "The file is empty".
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Thanks in advance.

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1
1
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Category:
Entity:
Counterpart:
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Transcurrency:
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Thanks a lot in advance,
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Report cannot access pl/sql table variable defined in Package Spec.

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function   get_variable return number ;
procedure set_variable (p_value in number) ;
end ;
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Can we declare a Cursor in Package Specs?

Dear buddies
Can I Declare a Cursor in Package Specs so that I can call that cursor and use its data in some procedures and functions of package. Otherwise I've to write that cursor for every sub-program of a package which I don't feel a smart way to accomplish the job.

Hi,
here is a short example with the whole way down. Maybe the concept is getting clearer with this:
first of all, if you do not have the table emp, here the DDL for this example.
Be carefull, works only for german clients because of the names of months, sorry for that.
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(EMPNO NUMBER(4) NOT NULL,
ENAME VARCHAR2(10),
JOB VARCHAR2(9),
MGR NUMBER(4),
HIREDATE DATE,
SAL NUMBER(7, 2),
COMM NUMBER(7, 2),
DEPTNO NUMBER(2));
set echo on
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TO_DATE('17-DEZ-1980', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 800, NULL, 20);
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(7499, 'ALLEN', 'SALESMAN', 7698,
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INSERT INTO EMP VALUES
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TO_DATE('22-FEB-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'), 1250, 500, 30);
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t_emp typ_emp;
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create or replace
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anonymer Block abgeschlossen
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ALLEN
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JONES
MARTIN
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SCOTT
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ADAMS
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