Tabular form- button to save primary key to variable?

Hi guys. I have a tabular data block that has results. Now I have put a command button next to each record. How would I go about when I click the button, it actually refers to that record?
I have put the buttons on (when you put it on with the data block, it puts a button on for every row). I need to save the primary key number into a global variable depending on the record button clicked.
Thanks guys

Hi Lockmac,
Why've you made button for every record? I've never seen such a form.
We normally create a single save button at the bottom to save any changes.
You can definitely save a record by pressing any of your buttons but i think it is not possible to associate button to a particular record (as the way you want).
You can use :system.trigger_record to identify the current row that oracle forms is processing. May be you can use this to build your logic.
Please mark answer as helpful / correct, if it helps you
Navnit
Edited by: Navnit Punj on May 6, 2009 9:53 PM

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