Re: Forms 5.0 Master/Detail blocks
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 14:20:50 GMT
Message-ID: <6iv4c1$3rb$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>
In article <35523975.7842_at_nospamus.oracle.com>,
czetie_at_nospamus.oracle.com wrote:
>
> > > Why not? And one way to do this is to base the block on a
> > > FROM Clause Query.
> > >
> >
> > Is this a Forms 5.0 new feature? Could you be more specific?
> > TIA
> > Igal
> >
> Yes, this is a new feature in 5.0. Rather than basing the block
> on a table or view as you did in the past, set the Block Data
> Source Type property to FROM Clause Query. Enter your query
> as the data source. Create data items to correspond to the columns
> returned by the query. The query is simply the table join you
> want, e.g. (SELECT empno, ename, deptno, dname from emp, dept
> where etc.). Check the online help for more details.
>
> regards,
>
[Quoted] Thanks for the enlightenment. It's realy an important feature.
Pitty you still can't perform DML on those blocks. However it's a step
forward.
Igal.
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