Query-only Forms?

By default, the form wizard for portal assumes that I want to enable dml (insert/update/delete). The application forms that I need to build are query (read) only. Is there an option in the wizard for query-only that avoids building all the related dml code?
I'm new to Oracle Portal (but used SQLForms back more years than I care to admit!). Are there any examples/demos of forms where the end user can enter query criteria (e.g., I only want to see employees with last name of "Smith")?

You can try deleting the INSERT, UPDATE and delete buttons during the forms design time.
For the query button, you need to use the following code, depending on the type of form :-
For Form on Table/View, add the following code after doQuery; :-
p_session.set_value(
p_block_name => 'DEFAULT',
p_attribute_name => '_FORM_STATE',
p_value => 'QUERY_AND_INSERT');
For Master-Detail forms, add the following after doQuery; :-
p_session.set_value(
p_block_name => 'MASTER_BLOCK',
p_attribute_name => '_FORM_STATE',
p_value => 'QUERY_AND_SAVE');
Ideally, if you do not want to do any DML, you can use a Report and for the report layout, you
can choose Form and set the Max Rows per Page as 1 so that you get one record at a time in a form like layout.

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https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=400380.1
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Please post this question here: OA Framework
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