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From: tony@edm.isac.CA (Tony Schiebel)
Subject: Re: ORACLE Problem: Creating Menus with SQL*Forms.
Reply-To: tony@edm.isac.ca (Tony Schiebel)
Organization: ISA Corporation, Edmonton, AB
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 91 14:05:13 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.140513.6843@edm.isac.CA>
Keywords: ORACLE, SQL*Forms, Menus...
References: <1991Apr9.175633.16820@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>


>I am trying to use SQL*Forms (v. 2.0.21) to design a front-end menu, which 
>branches out to different forms according to the users' choice.

>I have four choices (essentially four other forms); and I use a POST-CHANGE
>trigger on the menu_choice field to call the forms.  The trigger I use is:

>#exemacro  case  <formname>.<menu_choice> is
>          when '1' then call <form-1>;
>          when '2' then call <form-2>;
>          when '3' then call <form-3>;
>          when '4' then call <form-4>;

Try :      when others then <barf out an error>

>end case;


>The error-message I am getting is:

>ORACLE error occured while trying to perform POST-CHANGE trigger.

Do a show function keys when you get the error.  Hit the key that is
bound to <display error>.  This will give you more info. on the error.

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Tony Schiebel            ISA Corp.
tony@edm.isac.ca         Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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