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Built-in Object IDs

Some Built-in subprograms accept object IDs as actual parameters. An object ID is an internal, opaque handle that is assigned to each object when created in Oracle Forms. Object IDs are internally managed and cannot be externally viewed by the user. The only method you can use to retrieve the ID is to define a local or global variable and assign the return value of the object to the variable.

You make the assignment by way of the FIND_ Built-in functions. Once you have used FIND_ within a PL/SQL block, you can use the variable as an object ID while still in that block. The valid PL/SQL type for each object is included in the syntax descriptions for each parameter. The description for the FIND_BLOCK Built-in provides an example of how to obtain an object ID.