How to show the text, instead of number

Question

Hi Buddies;
I'm creating a form, using oracle forms 10g. In this form I'm showing the equipment information. We sell services, and for some services, we provide the equipment, but we have a lot of a equipment, so we need to keep an inventory of these equipment. So for each equipment we have several status, example; Available, Returned ok, Assigned, Stolen, Returned by Damage .
These status resides in other table, but in the where I'm getting the info to show thru the screen, just have a code.
What I want, is to change this code, for the description of that code, example, 01 = Available. So, if the record for status has code 01, instead of 01, I want to show the word Avalaible.     
Can somebody explain me, how to do this.
Thanks
ANG

Answer 1

oooppss i missed one this there is you code mistake also...
Begin
     Select status_name into :EQP.status_code -- Here use description field name not the same code field
     from eqp_status
     where status_code = :EQP.status_code ;
End;Also increase the size of datatype of description item so it can hold description.
I like to use LIST ITEM in these type of cases ;) Its easy and not required any POST-QUERY and POST-CHANGE code. As craig said you will have to keep on POST-QUERY and any performance issue etc.
So, i would prefer to use this method...
1. For that code field set the item type property to LIST ITEM.
2. Create one record group of your this query like...
Select status_code, status_name
from eqp_status3. Populate that record group into that list item. like
Trigger = WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE form-level
DECLARE
  vGrp NUMBER;
BEGIN
  vGrp:=POPULATE_GROUP('GROUP_NAME');
  POPULATE_LIST('LIST_ITEM_NAME','GROUP_NAME');
END;Now at the time of query it will automatically show you saved status.
-Ammad
Edited by: Ammad Ahmed on Apr 29, 2010 10:02 PM