Restrictive and non-restrictive procedures!

Question

Hi all,
Wanted to knwo what are restrictive and non-restrictive procedures in oracle forms.
Thanks and Regards

Answer 1

I think where Frank said "one-time triggers" he meant "non_repeating TIMERS".
Here is an alternative way to get around the restricted built-in problem which does not seem to be widely known:
Create two numeric control fields, say TRIGGERING_FIELD and TRIGGERED_FIELD.
TRIGGERED_FIELD has a formula calculation property of
MY_FUNCTION(:TRIGGERING_FIELD)
MY_FUNCTION is created in the form program units and can do anything you want, including restricted built-ins. The value it actually returns is irrelevant (although you could use it as a return code if you want).
Then all you need to do is modify the value of TRIGGERING_FIELD (perhaps multiply it by -1 ) which you can do in a trigger that does not allow restricted built-ins. The calculation will see that its input parameter has changed and will recalculate, thus running the function and doing all the restricted stuff.