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FRM-50016: Legal characters are 0-9-+E [message #418331]

Fri, 14 August 2009 03:58

hssk12
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Registered: August 2009

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In Oracle Forms6i I Have a Item which is Number Datatype. When i Enter Characters it is saying the following error

FRM-50016: Legal characters are 0-9-+E.

That is it says us to enter only numbers as it is number datatype. How to

check for it if i write characters.

Can anyone help me

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Re: FRM-50016: Legal characters are 0-9-+E [message #418339 is a reply to message #418331]

Fri, 14 August 2009 04:24

cookiemonster
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I really don't understand your problem.

It is checking for characters and stopping you.
What do you want it to do instead?

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Re: FRM-50016: Legal characters are 0-9-+E [message #418342 is a reply to message #418331]

Fri, 14 August 2009 04:48

hssk12
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Hi
Sir,
Atcually i want to insert charaters, but i have given datatype has number.But while entering the data it should be charater,When it saves that form,it must save as sl_no.

Thanks

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Re: FRM-50016: Legal characters are 0-9-+E [message #418343 is a reply to message #418331]

Fri, 14 August 2009 04:52

cookiemonster
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If you want to enter characters you need to use a character data type.

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Re: FRM-50016: Legal characters are 0-9-+E [message #418345 is a reply to message #418331]

Fri, 14 August 2009 05:08

hssk12
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Registered: August 2009

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Hi
Sir,
This is my table
create table convey_reg(
sl_no number(15) primary key,
doc_date date not null,
doc_no number(7) not null,
emp_sl_no number(14) not null references emp(sl_no),
from_date date not null,
to_date date not null,
mode_tr_sl number(14) not null references dcode(sl_no),
amount number(14,2)
);
I am facing problem in the coulmn mode_tr_sl,actual this column is referenced to dcode(sl_no),so while entering data
i have to enter code,after entering code it should save to sl_no.

Thanks

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Re: FRM-50016: Legal characters are 0-9-+E [message #418366 is a reply to message #418345]

Fri, 14 August 2009 07:09

cookiemonster
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Rainy Manchester

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hssk12 wrote on Fri, 14 August 2009 11:08

I am facing problem in the coulmn mode_tr_sl,actual this column is referenced to dcode(sl_no),so while entering data
i have to enter code,after entering code it should save to sl_no.

What code from where?

I suspect you need to use a list item. That'll allow to to display one value on screen but store a differennt value in the database.

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Re: FRM-50016: Legal characters are 0-9-+E [message #418368 is a reply to message #418331]

Fri, 14 August 2009 07:27

hssk12
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Registered: August 2009

Junior Member

Hi
Sir,
This is my coding for that column
KEY NEXT ITEM
declare
a number(14);

begin
select sl_no into a from dcode where sl_no=:convey_reg.mode_tr_sl;
exception
when no_data_found then
g.cent(sqlerrm);
end;

(But i should not use list item,without list item i have to do)

Thanks

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Re: FRM-50016: Legal characters are 0-9-+E [message #418375 is a reply to message #418331]

Fri, 14 August 2009 07:45

cookiemonster
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Rainy Manchester

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1) Validation code should go in WHEN-VALIDATE-ITEM not KEY-NEXT-ITEM. KEY-NEXT-ITEM can be bypassed (with the mouse for starters).

2) Variables should always be typed to the database column they're populated from. So:

a number(14);

Should be:

a dcode.sl_no%TYPE;

A more meaningfull name than a would also be a good idea.

3) what datatype is dcode.sl_no?

4) How is any of this relevant to wanting to enter characters in a number field?

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