Re: FORMS question

Ken

From what you say I think the copy command is what you want.

Use
copy(<<value>>,<<field_nam>>)

i.e
  a varchar2(20) := ':admin.test';
begin
  copy('Hello',a);
end;

You should also familiarise yourself with the name_in built in.

Hope this helps

Richard Platt

Ken Halsted wrote in message <71qj2d$7s$1_at_supernews.com>...
>Is there a way to populate the value of a text field dynamically?
>
>For instance, I have a variable that is a VARCHAR(20) and it contains the
>actual name of a text item that I want to populate with a value. Is there
a
>way to code this without hardcoding the text item's Name?
>
>
>example: (TXT_ITEM is the name of the text item on the form)
>
>DECLARE
> txt_name VARCHAR2(20);
>BEGIN
> txt_name = 'TXT_ITEM';
> <how do you populate, when this is all you have>
>
>END;
>
>
>I know this sounds strange and I'm pretty new to all of this so any help
>would be appreciated. The text item names are coming from a text file on
my
>pc's hard drive if you get the point.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ken.
>
>
Received on Thu Nov 05 1998 - 00:23:48 CET