Post calculation on database column in form

Question

I have a form created. for post calculation I convert text to upper case.
upper(NAME);
When I edit existing data in the form, and save the record. The data is converted to upper case. However when I create a new record and save it, everything is in lower case? What am I missing?
Thanks,
Bob

Answer 1

By saying "Post calculation", do you mean a Calculation with Computation Point "After Submit"? At the Edit Page, your calculation should be in the second column - Page Processing.
Did you go to:
1)Edit Page
2)"Create" icon in Page processing/Computations region
(There is also a "Post calculation computation" property at the item level (item properties - region Source. But this function is executed at page rendering - after the data is read from the source. It is not executed when the page is submitted. This will not work the way you require.).
If you are using Computation with processing point After Submit, go to the properties of this computation and look for Conditional Computations - there shouldn't be any condition, or you should have there something like :REQUEST = 'SAVE' or :REQUEST='CREATE'
Also in the Computation, you should have a colon in front of the item name. So if Px_ITEM is the name of your item, than the computation should look like:
upper(:Px_ITEM)
Check also, if you are using the same page for insert as for update. Some application wizards create a separate page for insert and separate page for updates and deletes.