POST built-in in forms6i

Hi,
I am trying to issue a POST command in a form with 2 master-detail blocks in forms6i on a 10g database and it throws ORA-28117.
In 9i database worked fine.
How can I avoid using POST or how can I avoid ORA-28117?
Thanks in advance.

Did you recompile the form against the 10g database, or do you use exactly the same fmx file for 9i and 10g? Maybe it helps to recompile.I recompile the form against the 10g database.
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Does the same error occur when you issue a COMMIT_FORM instead of a POST?Yes, it does.
Any others suggestions?

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Pre-insert trigger is not firing after post built-in

Hi,
I have a 10g form in which Post built-in is used in When-button-pressed Trigger. After the post command I am checking some condition,by using the same record which I have posted.But it is not working.
I have also put the message in the pre-insert trigger but the message is not displaying.
But the same form iis working fine in form 6i, as I have migrated the forms from form 6i to 10g.

Yes, In that block there are other items also. I have made the required property no for all the items.
what exactly we have is
(if x=y then)on some condition check
POST;
After that, form have a select statement in which it is selecting the same row which is being posted above.
if the select statement gives count of row zero
raise form_trigger_failure is fired.
and in the pre-insert trigger form is assigning a value to a block item.

POST built-in and form status

Hello friends at www.oracle.com ,
while analyzing and testing a Forms program here, I saw that, before POSTing data, the value of :SYSTEM.form_status was CHANGED (that is, database contents were changed at Forms) and, after POSTing, :SYSTEM.form_status became QUERY.
But, if POST built-in doesn't perform a database commit - so I suppose POSTed data isn't viewable to other users yet -, why does the form changes its status, if we do not have a real commit? Can't this lead the user to think data was saved (when, in fact, it's not, because POSTed data aren't committed)?
I read about POST built-in at online help, but it's still not much clear for me, so I ask your help to understand it better.
Hope I was clear - if not, please ask me.
Best regards,
Franklin Goncalves Jr.

Sincere thanks for your answers. I really didn't know that POST built-in would fire triggers involved with database transactions, such as POST-COMMIT.
Isn't it better for data integrity that Forms and database be synchronized with the state of each other - that is, Forms should state its data is really committed at database? While I don't see a special reason for using POST, I'll still think POST is not so useful and avoid using it.
In some Forms programs I used a global variable, like :GLOBAL.key_commit_pressed, to determine if KEY-COMMIT was pressed (if user has committed data, that's obvious) while user is working. It doesn't seem to be a bad idea, although I still ask myself if it's really the best one.
But the most important question I have, is to know if POST built-in validates data with database - that is, integrity constraints, database triggers, and so on. I think it might fire, although I still believe the use of POST built-in can confuse both user and developer anytime.
Best regards,
Franklin Goncalves Jr.

POST built in - Umm, this is the worst and doesn't work as intended..

Win XP, oracle 10gR2
POST really likes to save my changes.
I post a block, and then goto my next form.. and I use another session with another login to view the data and it has already been comitted.
This may have worked back in Client Server as intended , but it is surely lacking on the web forms.
My form forms coworker said I'll just go busting my brains out trying to get it work, and he never got it work either, and said post doesn't do what you think it is supposed to do.
He thinks we had problems with it even back on Client Server.
Can anyone else confirm?

Hello,
Very easy to test.
Create a basic form on the emp table, do some changes
then post.
Open another session with Sql*Plus or Sql Developer,
then check if you see the changes or not.
FrancoisI'll change my story to posting with "multiple forms" doesn't work.
Form A - I make changes and POST.
I call form B (the select form)
I then call form C (edit screen) and make a change.
I exit_form C, and say "NO" to forms asking me if I want to save changes.
I exit_form B (no prompt, no base table block).
In form A, I exit_form, and say "NO" to forms asking me if I want to save changes.
I reenter the form A, and the value is changed to the new value.
I just watched the column, and when I called form C - that's when the commit was performed. I see no commit's that were executed when calling for C.
I am trying to avoid a frm-40403 (calling form has unapplied changes).
Post isn't cutting it, so I plan to check the form_status and prompt the user if they want to commit (yes/no/cancel).."No" will cause an frm-40403 if they try to save in the form C. Of course if they say "yes" to commit, it will not have the problem in form C.
I just checked, and I don't think I have any commits in Form C - if I did - I wouldn't get an FRM-40403 when I try to save in Form C.

How can i check for posted but not yet commited changes in a form

Dears
I make changes programmatically in a form then i post it using (Post built in).
If the user exits the form, i make check for any changes in the form to commit it using the system variable :system.form_status
Unfortunately the value of this system variable is 'Query' not 'Changed' because of using the post built in.
Is ther another system variable ( or any another way ) that check for posted but not yet commited changes in the form ?
Thanks a lot
Mostafa Abolaynain

I had faced similar situation. Using of package variable which identifies, what is the user's latest action.
This is just a workaround.
Capture what the user has performed into a variable say, PKG_VAR.ACTION,
This will be assigned values like List L, and Create C, Update U and Saved S.
If commit is executed,assing the status S to the variable.
So while closing,
IF :system.form_status = 'CHANGED' or PKG_VAR.ACTION in ('C','U') THEN
-- validate the data, n perform commit.
else
-- just close the form.
end if;
Regards
Deepz : )

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Problem with "SELECT...FOR UPDATE OF..." and "POST command" combination

Problem with "SELECT...FOR UPDATE OF..." and "POST command" combination
Problem in committing transactions in Multiple Forms (Oracle Forms) with POST built-in command:
Consider that the following statements are written in WHEN-WINDOW-CLOSED trigger of a called form.
Statements in called form (Form name: FORM_CHILD):
go_block('display_block') ;
do_key('execute_query') ;
-- Data from table_b will be populated in this block, based on the value of COLUMN_1 obtained
-- from TABLE_A.
-- Example: If the value of COLUMN_1 is 10, then all the matching records from TABLE_B, which
-- are inserted with value 10 in TABLE_B.COLUMN_1 will be fetched and shown here.
if user_choice = 'YES' then
commit ;
else
rollback ;
end if ;
Statements in calling forms:
There are two calling forms having following statements and it is going to call the above said called form.
CALLING FORM 1
Statements in KEY-COMMIT trigger:
post;
call_form(form_child, no_activate) ;
Statements in ON-INSERT trigger:
select column_1
from table_a
for update of column_1
where column_2 = 'X' ;
update table_a
set column_1 = column_1 + 1
where column_2 = 'X' ;
insert into table_b ...;
insert into table_b ...; Statements in KEY-COMMIT trigger:
post;
call_form(form_child, no_activate) ;
CALLING FORM 2:
Statements in ON-INSERT trigger:
select column_1
from table_a
for update of column_1
where column_2 = 'X' ;
update table_a
set column_1 = column_1 + 1
where column_2 = 'X' ;
insert into table_b ...;
insert into table_b ...;
insert into table_b ...;
Our understanding:
Assume that both the forms are running from two different machines/instances, issuing commit at the same time. In this case, forms will start executing the statements written in ON-INSERT trigger, the moment POST command is executed. Though the commit is issued at the same time, according to oracle, only one of the request will be taken for processing first. Assume that calling form 1 is getting processed first.
So, it fetches the value available in COLUMN_1 of TABLE_A and locks the row from further select, update, etc. as SELECT...FOR UPDATE command is used (note that NOWAIT is not given, hence the lock will be released only when COMMIT or ROLLBACK happens) and proceed executing further INSERT statements. Because of the lock provided by the SELECT...FOR UPDATE command, the statements in calling form 2 will wait for the resource.
After executing the INSERT statements, the FORM_CHILD is called. The rows inserted in to TABLE_A will be queried and shown. The database changes will be committed when user closes the window (as COMMIT is issued in its WHEN-WINDOW-CLOSED trigger). Then the SELECT...FOR UPDATE lock will be released and calling form 2's statements will be executed.
Actual happenings or Mis-behavior:
Calling form 2 starts executing INSERT statements instead of waiting for SELECT...FOR UPDATE lock. Also, the value selected from TABLE_A.COLUMN_1 is same in both the calling forms, which is wrong.
The rows inserted into TABLE_B are having similar COLUMN_1 values in calling form 2 and they are fetched and shown in the called form FORM_CHILD.
Note that in calling form 2 also POST only is issued, but the changes posted there are accessible in calling form 1 also, which is wrong.
Kindly suggest us as to how to fix above problem. It will be much use, if you can send us the information regarding the behavior of Oracle Forms POST built-in also.
Our mail ID: [email protected]
Thanks a lot in advance.

You have several problems:
1. On-Insert will ONLY run if you have created a new record in a base-table block. If you haven't done that, then the POST command will not cause it to run.
2. Select for update without a "no wait" will lock records for the first form, but when the second form tries this, it will hit the ORA-00054 exception, and will NOT wait. The only way you could make it wait is to issue an UPDATE sql command, which is not such a good way to go.
All POST does is issues SQL insert or update commands for any changes the user has made to records in a form's base-table blocks, without following with a Commit command.
Also understand that Commit is the same as Commit_Form, and Rollback is the same as Clear_Form. You should read up on these in the Forms help topics.

Behaviour change in POST from Forms 6.0.5 to 6.0.8

Is there a known change in the behaviour of the POST built in from version 6.0.5 to 6.0.8 of Forms?
I'm working with a numebr of forms, originally genreated from Designer 6, that rely on a server side trigger to fill in a Unique Key field in a record (i.e. field = <table_name>_id and is filled from a sequence).
With forms 6.0.5.33 the corresponding form Field can be set to required=yes, when the form is run the field is null until the record is saved to the database.
With forms 6.0.8.11.3 ( and 6.0.8.20.1) a field must be entered error is displayed when the save logic is processed (at the time the POST is called).
Any help would be appreciated
Geoff Coleman
[email protected]

The change is not in POST but rather in the way that the Required property on an item is handled. It is now applied even if the item in question is not visible (e.g. is on a null canvas)
This was always the way it was supposed to work, but the bug was only recently fixed.
Unfortunately the code that Designer generated incorrectly created non-displayed items with this required property set which meant that such forms are now broken by the bugfix.
Support can supply you with a Forms API program which will fix up your Forms to un-set the required attribute for non-visible items (quote Bug 1228761)

How to open a File open In forms6i

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Forms 6i,oracle9i
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image(sid number,pics blob)
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Check GET_FILE_NAME Built-in for Forms6i (Client/Server)
Cheers

Will a report see the results of a POST?

Hello friends at www.oracle.com ,
let's suppose I edit data through Forms and, after editing them, I'll press a forms button called 'Print' that will print these data by calling Reports. But if I've updated these data by using POST built-in, will Reports find these data?
Thanks, and best regards,
Franklin Gongalves Jr.

A report can't see the results of a POST built-in.
Forms and Reports can't run in the same database session.
Forms must commit data (COMMIT_FORM) before using in Reports.
In simple cases you can transfer data from Forms to Reports using record groups
(and then, after printing, commit data in Forms).
One simple example - Forms transfers to Reports records from DEPT block:
DECLARE
rg_id_l RECORDGROUP;
rg_name_l VARCHAR2 (30) := 'DEPT';
row_count_l NUMBER;
rgc_id_l GROUPCOLUMN;
pl_id_l PARAMLIST;
pl_name_l VARCHAR2 (30) := 'PARAM_LIST';
BEGIN
rg_id_l := FIND_GROUP (rg_name_l);
IF NOT ID_NULL (rg_id_l) THEN
DELETE_GROUP (rg_id_l);
END IF;
rg_id_l := CREATE_GROUP (rg_name_l);
rgc_id_l := ADD_GROUP_COLUMN (rg_id_l, 'deptno', NUMBER_COLUMN);
rgc_id_l := ADD_GROUP_COLUMN (rg_id_l, 'dname', CHAR_COLUMN, 14);
rgc_id_l := ADD_GROUP_COLUMN (rg_id_l, 'loc', CHAR_COLUMN, 13);
GO_BLOCK ('dept');
FIRST_RECORD;
row_count_l := 0;
LOOP
row_count_l := row_count_l + 1;
ADD_GROUP_ROW (rg_id_l, row_count_l);
SET_GROUP_NUMBER_CELL (rg_name_l || '.deptno', row_count_l, :dept.deptno);
SET_GROUP_CHAR_CELL (rg_name_l || '.dname', row_count_l, :dept.dname);
SET_GROUP_CHAR_CELL (rg_name_l || '.loc', row_count_l, :dept.loc);
EXIT WHEN :SYSTEM.LAST_RECORD = 'TRUE';
NEXT_RECORD;
END LOOP;
IF row_count_l = 0 THEN
MESSAGE ('Nothing to print'); PAUSE;
RETURN;
END IF;
pl_id_l := GET_PARAMETER_LIST (pl_name_l);
IF NOT ID_NULL (pl_id_l) THEN
DESTROY_PARAMETER_LIST (pl_id_l);
END IF;
pl_id_l := CREATE_PARAMETER_LIST (pl_name_l);
ADD_PARAMETER (pl_id_l, 'Q_1', DATA_PARAMETER, rg_name_l);
RUN_PRODUCT (REPORTS, 'REC_GROUP_REPORT', SYNCHRONOUS, RUNTIME, FILESYSTEM, pl_id_l, NULL);
DESTROY_PARAMETER_LIST (pl_id_l);
DELETE_GROUP (rg_id_l);
END;
Reports module must have query with the same name as parameter in ADD_PARAMETER statement
(in this code - Q_1), and SQL Query Statement in Reports must have
same number and type of columns as record group, for example:
SELECT ROWID, 1 deptno, 'x' dname, 'x' loc FROM DUAL
Best regards
Zlatko Sirotic

Detect uncommitted yet posted data in my forms session?

In our application it is common practice to use the Forms POST built-in.
Since we have our own exit-function with the application-wide look and feel we would like to catch the alert-box asking whether to save any changes.
Is there a way to either adapt the alert-box to our own look and feel or an attribute that could be utilised in order to detect uncommitted data?
We would rather not want to omit the POST logic nor log any footstep of the user.
Any hint would be appreciated.

Use parameters , set their values to 'false' for example before posting changes , and then check the status of all of the blocks in your form. Change the value of a particular parameter to true if the status of a certain block is CHANGED. To prevent from being confused name your parameters according to the block name.
And in your exit functionality test if one of the parameters is 'true' and you show your alert.

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When I try to launch by double clicking in the applications folder, I get the message: You cannot open the application Firefox because it is not supported on this system.
I had to go to your site using Safari of all things! I tried re-installing it with another download, and that one misbehaves in the same way. By the way, in case it matters, I still have 42 GB available on my hard drive and 5 GB of RAM.
There is one other funny thing. The Firefox icon from the disk image has a white circle with the slash through it on top of the fox and world symbol. That is what appears in my applications folder and in my dock. It appears to be saying NOT FIREFOX, as it would indicate in a NO U-TURN sign. What is this all about?

I have had a similar problem with my system. I just recently (within a week of this post) built a brand new desktop. I installed Windows 7 64-bit Home and had a clean install, no problems. Using IE downloaded an anti-virus program, and then, because it was the latest version, downloaded and installed Firefox 4.0. As I began to search the internet for other programs to install after about maybe 10-15 minutes my computer crashes. Blank screen (yet monitor was still receiving a signal from computer) and completely frozen (couldn't even change the caps and num lock on keyboard). I thought I perhaps forgot to reboot after an update so I did a manual reboot and it started up fine.
When ever I got on the internet (still using firefox) it would crash after anywhere between 5-15 minutes. Since I've had good experience with FF in the past I thought it must be either the drivers or a hardware problem. So in-between crashes I updated all the drivers. Still had the same problem. Took the computer to a friend who knows more about computers than I do, made sure all the drivers were updated, same problem. We thought that it might be a hardware problem (bad video card, chipset, overheating issues, etc.), but after my friend played around with my computer for a day he found that when he didn't start FF at all it worked fine, even after watching a movie, or going through a playlist on Youtube.
At the time of this posting I'm going to try to uninstall FF 4.0 and download and install FF 3.6.16 which is currently on my laptop and works like a dream. Hopefully that will do the trick, because I love using FF and would hate to have to switch to another browser. Hopefully Mozilla will work out the kinks with FF 4 so I can continue to use it.
I apologize for the lengthy post. Any feedback would be appreciated, but is not necessary. I will try and post back after I try FF 3.16.6.

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