How to use cursor data in more than one location in form?

Question

hi all.
is it possible to make cursor as global or public in the form so i can use its data in more than location for testing like in buttons triggers.
for example:
if i declare the following cursor in "WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE" trigger
CURSOR cur
IS
SELECT ID, NAME
FROM PERSON;how can i use this cursor in other triggers in other buttons in the form?
thanks

Answer 1

kareem wrote:
now i have the old data- from cursor and the new- from tableNo, you have not. When you open the cursor you get the state of the database at the current SCN.
If you
- open your cursor, fetch the data and close the cursor
- update some data
- open your cursor, fetch the data and close the cursor
you will get the updated data from your cursor the second time (unless your update isn't a uncommited autonomous transaction but I wouldn't go down that route).
You will have to save your data somewhere or you might take a look at flashback: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/consist.htm#i20759
cheers