Problem in saving data.

Question

Hi all.
i am using oracle 10g forms & reports.
i have tables EXPHEAD and EXPENSES.
i populate a list item in EXPENSES using the following code:-
declare
     obj_name varchar2(40):='OBJ_G';
     status number;
     groupid recordgroup;
begin
     groupid:=create_group_from_query(obj_name,'SELECT exp_name, TO_CHAR(exp_code) exp_code FROM exphead');
     status:=populate_group(groupid);
     populate_list('expences.exp_name',groupid);
end;
DECLARE
vStatus NUMBER;
BEGIN
vStatus := POPULATE_GROUP('OBJ_G');
POPULATE_LIST('expences.exp_name', 'OBJ_G');
END;
when i change values in list items (Exp_Name) exp_code change automatically like:-
when i select RENT (Exp_Name) in list item its code (1) automatically shown in exp_code text item, i used this code on WHEN-LIST-CHANGE:-
:expences.exp_code:=:expences.exp_name;
now the problem is that data in the fields shows correctly but when i store data, in both fields exp_code is store.
means in Exp_Name field data of exp_code inserted.
hope u understand my problem
Regards
Saqib
Edited by: Saqib Alam on Jan 4, 2012 7:52 PM

Answer 1

means in Exp_Name field data of exp_code inserted. Yes, that is the whole point. A list item shows the description of a code. Like the department code 10 has description ACCOUNTING. You don't store ACCOUNTING in table EMP, you store department code 10 in EMP.
:expences.exp_code:=:expences.exp_name;That is a pretty strange line of code (giving a code a name).
Edited by: InoL on Jan 4, 2012 10:39 AM