Tabular form - How to add a G_USER column?

Hi All,
I have a tabular form that shows records form a table. the form allows updates only, not inserts/deletes.
I want to add a column to hold the user who last updated the record. I know I can use APEX_APPLICATION.G_USER function but I am not sure where to put it.
I tried by creating a computation but it shows me only page items, since I am using tabular form the column is not a page item.
Also, how can ensure to update only those rows who were actually updated by the user and not all rows that were displayed?
Thanks

Fabio,
You can create a database trigger on the table, "when updating" ...
:NEW.LAST_UPDATED_BY := nvl(v('APP_USER'), user);
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