Sticky Insert Situation

Question

I would be grateful if someone could shed light on this baffling 'issue' than I have:
In Forms 6i c/s the following code (forms program unit) does not insert properly:
n st.stan.tran1%TYPE; -- Varchar2(23)
BEGIN
n :=  '        ';
INSERT INTO NIK VALUES(n);
Forms_DDl('commit');
END;
It does not insert spaces i.e.
Nume@TEST()desc nik
Name                            Null?    Type
N                                        VARCHAR2(35)
Nume@TEST()select n||'*' from nik;
N||'*'
1 row selected.
The same code run as an anonymous plsql block in SQL*Plus works fine:
  1  declare
  2  n st.stan.tran1%TYPE; -- Varchar2(23)
  3  BEGIN
  4   n :=  '        ';
  5   INSERT INTO NIK VALUES(n);
  6  -- Forms_DDl('commit');
  7* END;
Nume@TEST()/
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Nume@TEST()select n||'*' from nik;
N||'*'
* -- Insert via Forms6i Program Unit
        * -- Insert via anonymous block
2 rows selected.
Nume@TEST()
FORMS Version info is:
Forms [32 Bit] Version 6.0.8.23.2 (Production)
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production
     With the Partitioning option
     JServer Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production
Oracle Toolkit Version 6.0.8.23.0 (Production)
PL/SQL Version 8.0.6.3.0 (Production)
Oracle Procedure Builder V6.0.8.20.0 Build #1377 - Production
PL/SQL Editor (c) WinMain Software (www.winmain.com), v1.0 (Production)
Oracle Query Builder 6.0.7.0.0 - Production
Oracle Virtual Graphics System Version 6.0.5.38.0 (Production)
Oracle Tools GUI Utilities Version 6.0.8.20.1 (Production)
Oracle Multimedia Version 6.0.8.20.0 (Production)
Oracle Tools Integration Version 6.0.8.18.0 (Production)
Oracle Tools Common Area Version 6.0.8.18.0
Oracle CORE Version 4.0.6.0.0 - Production
AND
SQL*Plus: Release 8.0.6.0.0 - Production on Mon Oct 18 14:42:33 2004
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Connected to:
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production
With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production
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Am I missing something here ?
Thanks,
N.

Answer 1

I created a stored procedure and called that procedure by the form and it worked.
SQL> create or replace PROCEDURE insert_spaces (p_spaces IN varchar2) IS
2 BEGIN
3 insert into varchar2_test values (p_spaces);
4 commit;
5 end;
6 /
Procedure created.
Now I called that procedure in the form trigger, in the form I created a Push button and in when-button-pressed trigger I wrote:
insert_spaces(' ');
and it worked.
SQL> select rownum, substr(text||'*', 1, 25) text from varchar2_test;
ROWNUM TEXT
1 *
2 *
3 *
Row # 1 -- this result followed when I created program Unit
Row # 2 -- this result is from running anonymous Block in SQL*PLUS
Row # 3 -- this is what, when I called stored proc through when-button-pressed trigger
Thanks,
Biswa