How do you use PORTAL .WWCTX_API.GET_USER

Hi. I'm a newbie at Portal and Oracle and am having a problem extracting the userID for the logged user. I have
a form that needs to be populated with the login ID for that session. What exactly do I need so that the field will
auto-populate with the user's ID. Do I enter the api in the "Default Value" box of the form for that field? What do I need
to select from the "Default Value Type" dropdown?
Also, because I'm populating the form with data from the database (it's an update record form), I'd like to "blank" the
comment field rather than populate it with the info from the DB record. Is that possible?
Finally, is there any recommendations on manuals or other books to purchase that would answer these types of
questions. I feel that this is a pretty basic task and should be in a manual somewhere.
Thanks,
Ron

Hi,
In the default value column specify <portalschema>.wwctx_api.get_user. In the default return type make it "function returns varchar".
This should help.
Thanks,
Sharmila

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Nedal Seyam wrote:
I'm using Oracle AP 10g
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I'm using Oracle AP 10g
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P.S : the group name contains a list of certain employees
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