Forms - Database field validation

Hi,
I am having an end date column in my form. It will move to the next record when the user presses down arrow key.
Here i want to perform date overlap validation. But in query mode the form simply moved to the next record(i am not saving the form). So when i check the end date, the end date is allways null and i cant create second record.
Is there any way to track this. That is i want to check the value of a database item which is not saved to the database(previous record).

you can store all records in an array. table of rowtype for example. Then store all data in this array and use the array for validation.
better is the validation against the database. use autocommit after each record or post the data. I prefer the autocommit.
With this technique you can select against the database and you validate in the WHEN-VALIDATE-RECORD
try it
Gerd

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Unfortunately, at this time (portal 3.0.7.6.2) , a non-table item cannot be
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is a known limitation and will be fixed in a future release.
I don't know how to get the value from the client side JavaScript code to a pl/sql variable. Do you?
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try67,
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I will post this to my Google Docs workspace, and provide updates their.
Tarek.

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Lastly, it can be used for non-identity (!==).
In relation to createNode() etc, apart from John's blog, it is covered in the LC documents: http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/livecycle/documentation.html. Look for the scripting guides and the guide to the XML Form Object Model.
Good luck,
Niall

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This is a non-trivial process. Rather than doing a compare, you really are wanting to do a diff. CF doesn't do this out of the box, but you might want to have a sniff around on Google to see if anyone has implemented anything for CF.
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FRM-40208: Form running in query-only mode. Cannot change database fields.

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I am using forms 6i where it is calling a form from a menu in query like call_form(,query_only). Now an error is occurring on call of that form ‘FRM-40208: Form running in query-only mode. Cannot change database fields.’ Though this is been handled to give a certain message from on_error message from a package from library.
Now the issue is that the error keeps on popping even after the ok button is pressed. There are number of records from the table. How can we handle the error. Any suggestion would be really appreciated!!!
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thanks Gred but i have resolved the issue. it seems that each row was going into query_only mode (program written such a way). therefore the error was showing even after the OK button. handled the issue from ON_ERROR trigger. anyway thanks for your time Gred!

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how is it possible to apply trim() or another method to the content of a database field when a query is initiated?
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The where clause is built that way:
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My question is based on this example:
see http://radio.weblogs.com/0118231/stories/2004/09/23/notYetDocumentedAdfSampleApplications.html
"24. Passing User-Entered Data in "Non Database Block Fields" to Stored Procedure/Function"
http://otn.oracle.com/products/jdev/tips/muench/stprocnondbblock/PassUserEnteredValuesToStoredProc.zip
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into <style …> </style> section.
I hope this helps.
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RE: What's database field are used in crystal report file?

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Please help me a C# code that using Crystall Report API (Crystal Report XI- Develop license) to get the list of database fieldname that using in crystal Report file. (What's database field using in header section ,group section , detail section of report.....)
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//Created:            April 11, 2008
//Author ID:          FLI
//Purpose:            This C# .NET sample Windows application demonstrates
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