GO_BLOCK in WHEN_VALIDATE Trigger



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I'm working with oracle forms. I've a procedure I have to run whenever a specific field's value is modified. The procedure I have to execute contains a go_block instruction, which can't be used in the when_validate_item trigger. Is there anyway to bypass this? EDIT I have to use the when_validate_item, because the procedure I have to run has to be run when the field is modified, BUT BEFORE the validation is executed. sql oracle plsql oracleforms share | improve this question asked Sep 26 '12 at 18:42 Nacho321 723 5 15 37

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Usually there is a restriction on using GO_BLOCK or GO_ITEM on a WHEN-VALIDATE-ITEM. However there are a couple of ways to overcome this. One way is to use a WHEN-TIMER-EXPIRED trigger. Here is how- WHEN-TIMER-EXPIRED Begin if GET_APPLICATION_PROPERTY(TIMER_NAME) = 'NEW_TIMER' then CALL_PROG_UNIT(); --This is your Procedure that calls the GO_BLOCK /*Do rest of validation here*/ end if; END; WHEN-VALIDATE-ITEM DECLARE timer_id TIMER; Begin timer_id := CREATE_TIMER('NEW_TIMER',1,NO_REPEAT); --set a short timer so that the WHEN-TIMER-EXPIRED trigger is fired immediately End; What happens is - This will create & expire the timer as soon as the CREATE_TIMER function is called and then the form level trigger WHEN-TIMER-EXPIRED will check the expired timer name and call your program unit that has the GO_BLOCK. Hope this helps. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12608330/go-block-in-when-validate-trigger