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Re: Forms 6i : Multiple Data Blocks based on Same Table

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 06:58:40 -0700
Message-ID: <3EB27990.708D82A3@exxesolutions.com>


SoulSurvivor wrote:

> Daniel, nice quote, although it may have been unintended. I'm so
> tempted to use it as a mail signature! :-)
>
> "It is not a good thing. It is not a bad thing. It is just a thing.
> And it works."
>
> M
>
> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3EB1C7AD.7D87DCD7_at_exxesolutions.com>...
> > George Gifford wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to have more than one data block based on the same table,
> > > with the same fields, in the same form?
> > >
> > > A coworker has coded this way with some mixed results. Some work, some
> > > don't. I've checked what scanty Forms books there are for any comment for or
> > > against doing this, but found nothing that addresses it.
> > >
> > > Does anybody know absolutely if this is not a good thing to do?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > There is no problem doing this.
> >
> > If you are having problems it is not Oracle ... it is the developers.
> >
> > It is not a good thing. It is not a bad thing. It is just a thing. And it works.

The quote doesn't originate with me and as far as I know is of unknown origin. Enjoy it.

--
Daniel Morgan
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/oad/oad_crs.asp
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Received on Fri May 02 2003 - 08:58:40 CDT

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