Sort multiple record block

Hi,
i want to sort a multiple record block by pressing a key on a non updatable field in the block.
Example:
i have a list of adresses in the block. Now i want to jump to all Adresses which starts with B.
Does anybody know a solution ?
Thanks in advance. MM

No problem:
When your records are ordered by the name (using block's order-by-clause),
use a procedure like the following:
procedure find_name(p_letter in varchar2) is
begin
go_block('BLOCK');
loop
exit when :system.last_record = 'TRUE' or :block.name >= p_letter;
next_record;
end loop;
end;

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As you do a loop over all the records in the block, of course every record is updated.
Also, what you do is not the way is intended to be used. In general, you base a block on a table,then there is no need at all for writing INSERT's or UPDATE's. Forms also know's then, which records to be updated and which not.

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Pedro,
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Thanks in advence

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SET idcode = :POST_HISTORY_MULTIPLE.idcode,
joining_post_dt = :POST_HISTORY_MULTIPLE.joining_post_dt,
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