Problem with Forms 6, Word and OLE Containers

Question

Forms 6.0.8.24.1, RDBMS 8.1.7.0.0 on Win 2000 Pro SP3
I have a form which has an OLE Container based on a LONG RAW database column. I use the form to save Microsoft Word documents in the database.
Some documents are not retrieving correctly in the Form. When activating the OLE container nothing happens. The OLE Container displays the MS Word icon and there is data in the database as I can retrieve it using java.
Anybody have any ideas on this. Unfortunately it's not an isolated case.

Answer 1

Generally it should work. What i don't understand:
You call a function which returns a table-type, but read the value in one number-item? Why does the function return a table-type then?
Also, instead of using a SELECT, you could simply call the function in your code, like:
DECLARE
  ln_unalloc_qty NUMBER := 0;
BEGIN
  theTableFunctionType:=gmi_utils.get_unalloc_qty(:header.item_id,
    :header.plant,
    :header.move_from_warehouse,
    :header.move_from_location,
    :header.lot_id,
    :header.lot_no);
  ln_unalloc_qty:=theTableFunctionType(1).theColumn;
  /* DO SOME PROCESSING WITH QTY THAT WAS RETURNED*/
END;