I: Patch 6.5.3.1 for 9i available via Supplement Option

Question

On headstart patch 6.5.3.0 (patch version ONLY for Oracle 9i Forms), there is a bug introduced in library qmslib65.pll
How to reproduce
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- Start the headstart demo
- From the menu open form Forms --> Project Business Rules
- Press F8 (execute query)
- Now you see project 1, without detail records(no employees)
- Click on the item 'Employee' (first empty record)
- Click on the item 'Name' of the Project in the master
- Now message 'FRM-40202 Field must be entered' appears
Location of the problem
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QMSLIB65.pll qms$context package body
contains the following code:
. -- fix 6.5.3.0
. if get_record_property(name_in('system.cursor_record')
. ,name_in('system.cursor_block'),STATUS) = 'NEW'
. then
. set_record_property(name_in('system.cursor_record')
. ,name_in('system.cursor_block'),STATUS,INSERT_STATUS);
. end if;
. -- end fix 6.5.3.0
This piece of code should be deleted completely
Fix
===
This problem has been fixed in patch 6.5.3.1 for Headstart for Oracle 9i Forms. This patch is downloadable from the Supplement Option web site.
Kind Regards, Marc Vahsen
Headstart Team

Answer 1

I think I've found a bug in this release: If you have an LOV defined on a report parameter (with value and description), the when-validate-item trigger of the field will validate the description against the LOV. It adds the following code to the validation query: ||l_where_and || l_description_column || ' = ' || '''' || name_in (qms0012f.get_param_description_item(p_block_name))||''''
Th descriptor column in this case is the alias (= "description"). However, you cannot use column aliases in a where-clause. This will never work!!
Is there a fix for this problem?