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392. What is an LOV?

An LOV is a scrollable popup window that provides the operator with either a single or multi column selection list.

393. At what point of report execution is the before Report trigger fired?

After the query is executed but before the report is executed and the records are displayed.

394. What are the built -ins used for Modifying a groups structure?

ADD-GROUP_COLUMN (function) ADD_GROUP_ROW (procedure) DELETE_GROUP_ROW(procedure)

395. What is an user exit used for?

A way in which to pass control (and possibly arguments ) form Oracle report to another Oracle products of 3 GL and then return control ( and ) back to Oracle reports.

396. What is the User-Named Editor?

A user named editor has the same text editing functionality as the default editor, but, because it is a named object, you can specify editor attributes such as windows display size, position, and title.

397. What are the Built-ins to display the user-named editor?

A user named editor can be displayed programmatically with the built in procedure SHOW-EDITOR, EDIT_TETITEM independent of any particular text item.

398. What is a Static Record Group?

A static record group is not associated with a query, rather, you define its structure and row values at design time, and they remain fixed at runtime.

399. What is a record group?

A record group is an internal Oracle Forms that structure that has a column/row framework similar to a database table. However, unlike database tables, record groups are separate objects that belong to the form module which they are defined.

400. How many number of columns a record group can have?

A record group can have an unlimited number of columns of type CHAR, LONG, NUMBER, or DATE provided that the total number of column does not exceed 64K.

401. What is a Query Record Group?

A query record group is a record group that has an associated SELECT statement. The columns in a query record group derive their default names, data types, had lengths from the database columns referenced in the SELECT statement. The records in query record group are the rows retrieved by the query associated with that record group.

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