Transfer elements between 2 base table forms.

Question

Environment
OS: WinXP
Oracle 10g (9.0.4.0.0) Developer suite
Scenario:
2 base table forms
Form1 is based on table1 and has 10 elements
Form1 has a button which when triggered, causes 5 of the 10 elements to be inserted in table2
Form2 is based on table2 and has 10 elements 5 of which are obtained from Form1
When I do a query-execute in Form2 to pull all the records, only records that were entered through Form2 show up. The transferred elements (record) from Form1 are not pulled up.
When I do a query->enter and search for records in Form2 that were transferred from Form1, I receive a FMR-40301 Query caused no records to be retrieved. Re-enter.
However the records transferred from Form1 are pulled up if I run a sql in the Database.
Please advice.
Here is the code that is triggered when button is pressed in Form1 to transfer elements to form2.
DECLARE
     raiDate               RAI_PROPOSAL.STAMP1%TYPE;
     raiTime RAI_PROPOSAL.STAMP2%TYPE;
     sPropNo               RAI_PROPOSAL.PROP_NO%TYPE;
     selRec               RAI_PROPOSAL%ROWTYPE;
     CURSOR getProp(propNo IN RAI_PROPOSAL.PROP_NO%TYPE) IS
          SELECT      *
          FROM          RAI_PROPOSAL
          WHERE          RAI_PROPOSAL.PROP_NO = propNo;
BEGIN
     sPropNo := :RAI_PROPOSAL.PROP_NO;
     /* Open cursor and fetch selected row */
     IF( NOT (getProp%ISOPEN) )THEN
          OPEN getProp(sPropNo);
     END IF;
     FETCH getProp INTO selRec;
     CLOSE getProp;
     /* Get date and time of transfer */
     raiDate := sysdate();
     raiTime := TO_CHAR(sysdate(), 'hh24:mi:ss');
/* list all elements being transferred - all have values so NOT NULL fields are taken care of*/
MESSAGE(selRec.cdfa_no || ', ' || selRec.con_sub || ', ' || selRec.cs_amt || ', ' || selRec.cs_source || ', ' || selRec.dept_prdir || ', ' || selRec.dept_proj2 || ', ' || selRec.dept_proj3 || ', ' ||
selRec.human_subj || ', ' || selRec.initials || ', ' || selRec.prime_agre || ', ' || selRec.prodir_fn || ', ' || selRec.prodir_ln || ', ' || selRec.prodir2fn || ', ' || selRec.prodir2ln || ', ' || selRec.prodir3fn || ', ' || selRec.prodir3ln || ', ' ||      selRec.proj_type || ', ' ||     selRec.prop_date || ', ' || selRec.prop_no || ', ' ||
selRec.prop_title || ', ' || selRec.propr_info || ', ' || selRec.school || ', ' || selRec.sol_no || ', ' || selRec.spon_typ || ', ' || selRec.sponsor || ', ' || raiDate || ', ' || raiTime || ', ' || selRec.vert_anm);
     /* Insert selected proposal into award table */     
     INSERT INTO
     RAI_AWARD(CDFA_NO, CON_SUB, CS_AMT, CS_SOURCE,
               DEPT_PRDIR, DEPT_PROJ2, DEPT_PROJ3,
               HUMAN_SUBJ, INITIALS, PRIME_AGRE, PRODIR_FN, PRODIR_LN,
               PRODIR2FN, PRODIR2LN, PRODIR3FN, PRODIR3LN, PROJ_TYPE,
               PROP_DATE, PROP_NO, PROP_TITLE, PROPR_INFO, SCHOOL,
               SOL_NO, SPON_TYP, SPONSOR, STAMP1, STAMP2, VERT_ANM)
     VALUES(selRec.cdfa_no, selRec.con_sub, selRec.cs_amt, selRec.cs_source,
          selRec.dept_prdir, selRec.dept_proj2, selRec.dept_proj3,
          selRec.human_subj, selRec.initials, selRec.prime_agre, selRec.prodir_fn,
selRec.prodir_ln, selRec.prodir2fn, selRec.prodir2ln, selRec.prodir3fn, selRec.prodir3ln, selRec.proj_type, selRec.prop_date, selRec.prop_no, selRec.prop_title, selRec.propr_info, selRec.school, selRec.sol_no, selRec.spon_typ, selRec.sponsor, raiDate, raiTime, selRec.vert_anm);
     MESSAGE ('INSERTED');
     /* Commit the data inserted */
     FORMS_DDL('COMMIT');
END;

Answer 1

Hi,
Do you have radio buttons, a check box or a list item on your form?
I have seen this before. If the value queried from the database does not match the allowable values, the record is "silently rejected" and is not queried into the form. You say your records are in the database if you query table2 via SQL, but Forms is rejecting the records.
Look up the Forms Help for the topics "Creating a Record Group", or "Mapping of Other Values", or Search for the word "silently". It will say something like:
"Leave the Mapping of Other Values property blank to indicate that other values are not allowed for this item. Any queried record that contains a value that does not match one of the values associated with an element in the List is silently rejected. Any attempt to assign an other value is disallowed."
HTH.