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Creating a Data Block from a Table

To create a data block from a table:

  1. In the Object Navigator, click the Data Blocks node.
  2. Click Create in the toolbar.
  3. In the New Data Block dialog box, choose Build a New Data Block Manually and click OK.
  4. Double-click the Block object icon to display the Property Palette.
  5. Under the Database node:
  6. Under the Advanced Database node, set the DML Data Target Type property to Table.
  7. Type the name of your datasource in the DML Data Target Name text box.
  8. Under the General node, click the Name property, then type a name or accept the default name.  You can use any name that follows ORACLE naming conventions and is unique among blocks in the form. The block name is an internal descriptor that is not displayed at runtime.

Database Block property

DML Data Target Type property

DML Data Target Name property

Query Data Source Type property

Query Data Source Name property

Connecting to a database

About creating items

Creating a Data Item

Creating a control item

Using tables as block datasources