Here I am giving two examples to generate the serial number in Oracle Forms using System.Cursor_Record system variable and using Sequence database object.
Generate Serial Number Using System.Cursor_Record in Oracle Forms
In Oracle Forms, you have a tabular database block, and for each set of records, you want to generate a serial number starting from 1 when a new record is getting created. Then you can use the simple below code on any button click event, for example, Add New Record button or WHEN-CREATE-RECORD trigger at the data block level to generate the serial number using System.Cursor_Record. Below is the example:
Begin
/* srlno is a column in the emp data block */
:emp.srlno := :system.cursor_record;
End;
But what if you want to generate the continuation of serial number whenever a set of records are getting created in that block? Then use the Sequence database object to perform this task. Below is the example:
Generate Serial Number Using Sequence Object in Oracle Forms
Declare l_seq number; Begin Select emp_seq.nextval into l_seq from dual; :emp.srlno := l_seq; End;
