Flexfields avilable for your Oracle Application Version

SELECT faa.application_name "Application Name",
fif.id_flex_name "Flexfield Name",
faa.description "Application Description"
FROM fnd_id_flexs fif, fnd_application_all_view faa
WHERE fif.application_id = faa.application_id
ORDER BY faa.application_name;

Concurrent program name based on the request ID

Select program from FND_CONC_REQ_SUMMARY_V
where request_id = 'Your request ID';

Operating Unit name based on the Operating Unit ID

select Business_group_id, Organization_id, name,date_from,date_to, legal_entity_id, set_of_books_id from hr_operating_units where organization_id = 'your Operating Unit ID';

To Extract revenue distribution lines in AR

SELECT distinct c.customer_name, c.customer_number, c.customer_id,
t.customer_trx_id, t.trx_number, ct.NAME invoice_type,
l.line_number, t.org_id, cc.segment1, cc.segment2,
cc.segment3, cc.segment4, cc.segment5, cc.segment6, d.gl_date,
d.cust_trx_line_gl_dist_id, d.code_combination_id,
d.account_class
FROM ra_cust_trx_types_all ct,
ra_customers c,
ra_customer_trx_all t,
ra_customer_trx_lines_all l,
gl_code_combinations cc,
ra_cust_trx_line_gl_dist_all d
WHERE 1 = 1
AND t.cust_trx_type_id = ct.cust_trx_type_id
AND t.bill_to_customer_id = c.customer_id
AND d.customer_trx_id = t.customer_trx_id
AND d.customer_trx_line_id = l.customer_trx_line_id(+)
AND d.code_combination_id = cc.code_combination_id
AND TRUNC (d.gl_date) >= TO_DATE ('01-01-2009', 'DD-MM-YYYY')
AND d.posting_control_id = -3
AND d.account_set_flag = 'N'
AND d.account_class = 'REV'

Fundamental Links

FUNDAMENTALS :

ABC's of ERP : http://www.cio.com/research/erp/edit/erpbasics.html
ABC's of CRM : http://www.cio.com/research/crm/edit/crmabc.html
ABC's of SCM : http://www.cio.com/research/scm/edit/012202_scm.html
ABC's of E-Business (B2B) : http://www.cio.com/research/ec/edit/b2babc.html
(B2C) : http://www.cio.com/ec/edit/b2cabc.html




CRM 11i (For More info: Please see Oracle Store for product descriptions and pricing)

CRM 11i includes the following modules:

Marketing: Marketing Online (including Customer Intelligence, Marketing Encyclopedia),
Advanced Marketing, Trade Management and Marketing Intelligence.

Sales: iStore (including iMarketing, Configurator), iPayment, TeleSales, Sales Intelligence, Sales Online (including, Field Sales for mobile devices), and Incentive Compensation.

Service:iSupport, Teleservice, Service Online (including Support, Customer Care),
Depot Repair, Spares Management, Advanced Scheduler, Mobile Field Service, Contracts, and Customer Intelligence.

Contracts: Contracts Core, Contracts for Sales, Contracts for Service, Contracts for Rights, and Contracts Intelligence (Project Contracts is also built upon the Contracts Core Application; however, it is part of the ‘Back Office’ Projects family).

Interaction Center: Advanced Inbound (including Connectors), Advanced Outbound (including Interaction Blending, Connectors), eMail Center, Scripting, and Call Center Intelligence.

E-Commerce: iStore, Marketing Online (specifically the eMerchandising functionality) iPayment, Quoting, Configurator, iSupport.

To View triggers and Sequences created

To View triggers and Sequences created

You can see in below view

all_triggers and
all_sequences

To Retriew the records from Org dependent Views

To Retriew the records from Org dependent Views on Sql Developer/Toad/Sql * Plus

begin
fnd_client_info.set_org_context(Org_id);
end;

R12 AR Fax Contact Point Creation

DECLARE
l_contact_point_id NUMBER;
l_return_status VARCHAR2 (1);
l_msg_count NUMBER;
l_msg_data VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_output VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_msg_dummy VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_contact_point_rec hz_contact_point_v2pub.contact_point_rec_type;
l_edi_rec_type hz_contact_point_v2pub.edi_rec_type;
l_email_rec hz_contact_point_v2pub.email_rec_type;
l_fax_rec hz_contact_point_v2pub.phone_rec_type;
l_telex_rec_type hz_contact_point_v2pub.telex_rec_type;
l_web_rec_type hz_contact_point_v2pub.web_rec_type;
BEGIN
fnd_global.apps_initialize(user_id in number,resp_id in number,resp_appl_id in number);
l_contact_point_rec.contact_point_type := 'PHONE';
l_contact_point_rec.owner_table_name := 'HZ_PARTIES';
l_contact_point_rec.created_by_module := 'TCA_MIGRATION';
l_contact_point_rec.owner_table_id := 308013;
l_fax_rec.phone_area_code := '104';
l_fax_rec.phone_number := '234-565';
l_fax_rec.phone_line_type := 'FAX';
hz_contact_point_v2pub.create_contact_point
(p_init_msg_list => 'T',
p_contact_point_rec => l_contact_point_rec,
p_edi_rec => l_edi_rec_type,
p_email_rec => l_email_rec,
p_phone_rec => l_fax_rec,
p_telex_rec => l_telex_rec_type,
p_web_rec => l_web_rec_type,
x_contact_point_id => l_contact_point_id,
x_return_status => l_return_status,
x_msg_count => l_msg_count,
x_msg_data => l_msg_data
);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_return_status ' || l_return_status);

IF l_return_status <> 'S'
THEN
FOR i IN 1 .. l_msg_count
LOOP
fnd_msg_pub.get (i, fnd_api.g_false, l_msg_data, l_msg_dummy);
l_output := (TO_CHAR (i) || ': ' || l_msg_data);
END LOOP;

DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Error mesg' || l_output);
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_contact_point_id ' || l_contact_point_id);
END IF;
END;

R12 AR Email Contact Point Creation

DECLARE
l_contact_point_id NUMBER;
l_return_status VARCHAR2 (1);
l_msg_count NUMBER;
l_msg_data VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_output VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_msg_dummy VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_contact_point_rec hz_contact_point_v2pub.contact_point_rec_type;
l_edi_rec_type hz_contact_point_v2pub.edi_rec_type;
l_email_rec hz_contact_point_v2pub.email_rec_type;
l_phone_rec hz_contact_point_v2pub.phone_rec_type;
l_telex_rec_type hz_contact_point_v2pub.telex_rec_type;
l_web_rec_type hz_contact_point_v2pub.web_rec_type;
BEGIN
fnd_global.apps_initialize(user_id in number,resp_id in number,resp_appl_id in number);
l_contact_point_rec.contact_point_type := 'EMAIL';
l_contact_point_rec.owner_table_name := 'HZ_PARTIES';
l_contact_point_rec.created_by_module := 'TCA_MIGRATION';
l_contact_point_rec.owner_table_id := 308013;
l_email_rec.email_address := 'test@xxx.com';
hz_contact_point_v2pub.create_contact_point
(p_init_msg_list => 'T',
p_contact_point_rec => l_contact_point_rec,
p_edi_rec => l_edi_rec_type,
p_email_rec => l_email_rec,
p_phone_rec => l_phone_rec,
p_telex_rec => l_telex_rec_type,
p_web_rec => l_web_rec_type,
x_contact_point_id => l_contact_point_id,
x_return_status => l_return_status,
x_msg_count => l_msg_count,
x_msg_data => l_msg_data
);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_return_status ' || l_return_status);

IF l_return_status <> 'S'
THEN
FOR i IN 1 .. l_msg_count
LOOP
fnd_msg_pub.get (i, fnd_api.g_false, l_msg_data, l_msg_dummy);
l_output := (TO_CHAR (i) || ': ' || l_msg_data);
END LOOP;

DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Error mesg' || l_output);
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_contact_point_id ' || l_contact_point_id);
END IF;
END;

R12 AR Phone Contact Point Creation

DECLARE
l_contact_point_id NUMBER;
l_return_status VARCHAR2 (1);
l_msg_count NUMBER;
l_msg_data VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_output VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_msg_dummy VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_contact_point_rec hz_contact_point_v2pub.contact_point_rec_type;
l_edi_rec_type hz_contact_point_v2pub.edi_rec_type;
l_email_rec hz_contact_point_v2pub.email_rec_type;
l_phone_rec hz_contact_point_v2pub.phone_rec_type;
l_telex_rec_type hz_contact_point_v2pub.telex_rec_type;
l_web_rec_type hz_contact_point_v2pub.web_rec_type;
BEGIN
fnd_global.apps_initialize(user_id in number,resp_id in number,resp_appl_id in number);
l_contact_point_rec.contact_point_type := 'PHONE';
l_contact_point_rec.owner_table_name := 'HZ_PARTIES';
l_contact_point_rec.created_by_module := 'TCA_MIGRATION';
l_contact_point_rec.owner_table_id := 308013;
l_phone_rec.phone_area_code := '703';
l_phone_rec.phone_number := '8441213';
l_phone_rec.phone_line_type := 'GEN';
hz_contact_point_v2pub.create_contact_point
(p_init_msg_list => 'T',
p_contact_point_rec => l_contact_point_rec,
p_edi_rec => l_edi_rec_type,
p_email_rec => l_email_rec,
p_phone_rec => l_phone_rec,
p_telex_rec => l_telex_rec_type,
p_web_rec => l_web_rec_type,
x_contact_point_id => l_contact_point_id,
x_return_status => l_return_status,
x_msg_count => l_msg_count,
x_msg_data => l_msg_data
);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_return_status ' || l_return_status);

IF l_return_status <> 'S'
THEN
FOR i IN 1 .. l_msg_count
LOOP
fnd_msg_pub.get (i, fnd_api.g_false, l_msg_data, l_msg_dummy);
l_output := (TO_CHAR (i) || ': ' || l_msg_data);
END LOOP;

DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Error mesg' || l_output);
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_contact_point_id ' || l_contact_point_id);
END IF;
END;

R12 AR Org Contact Creation

DECLARE
l_org_contact_id NUMBER;
l_party_rel_id_contactrel NUMBER;
l_party_id NUMBER;
l_party_number VARCHAR2 (20);
l_return_status VARCHAR2 (1);
l_msg_count NUMBER;
l_msg_data VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_output VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_msg_dummy VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_org_contact_rec hz_party_contact_v2pub.org_contact_rec_type;
BEGIN
fnd_global.apps_initialize(user_id in number,resp_id in number,resp_appl_id in number);
---THIS IS THE SUBJECT ID (PERSON INFO)
l_org_contact_rec.party_rel_rec.subject_id := 308026;
l_org_contact_rec.party_rel_rec.subject_type := 'PERSON';
l_org_contact_rec.party_rel_rec.subject_table_name := 'HZ_PARTIES';
---THIS IS THE OBJECT ID (ORGANIZATION INFO)
l_org_contact_rec.party_rel_rec.object_id := 308013;
l_org_contact_rec.party_rel_rec.object_type := 'ORGANIZATION';
l_org_contact_rec.party_rel_rec.object_table_name := 'HZ_PARTIES';
l_org_contact_rec.party_rel_rec.relationship_code := 'CONTACT_OF';
l_org_contact_rec.party_rel_rec.relationship_type := 'CONTACT';
l_org_contact_rec.created_by_module := 'TCA_MIGRATION';
hz_party_contact_v2pub.create_org_contact
(p_init_msg_list => 'T',
p_org_contact_rec => l_org_contact_rec,
x_org_contact_id => l_org_contact_id,
x_party_rel_id => l_party_rel_id_contactrel,
x_party_id => l_party_id,
x_party_number => l_party_number,
x_return_status => l_return_status,
x_msg_count => l_msg_count,
x_msg_data => l_msg_data
);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_return_status ' || l_return_status);

IF l_return_status <> 'S'
THEN
FOR i IN 1 .. l_msg_count
LOOP
fnd_msg_pub.get (i, fnd_api.g_false, l_msg_data, l_msg_dummy);
l_output := (TO_CHAR (i) || ': ' || l_msg_data);
END LOOP;

DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Error mesg' || l_output);
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_org_contact_id ' || l_org_contact_id);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ( 'l_party_rel_id_contactrel '
|| l_party_rel_id_contactrel
);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_party_id ' || l_party_id);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_party_number ' || l_party_number);
END IF;
END;

R12 AR Person Creation

DECLARE
l_party_id NUMBER;
l_party_number VARCHAR2 (20);
l_profile_id NUMBER;
l_return_status VARCHAR2 (1);
l_msg_count NUMBER;
l_msg_data VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_output VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_msg_dummy VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_create_person_rec hz_party_v2pub.person_rec_type;
BEGIN
fnd_global.apps_initialize(user_id in number,resp_id in number,resp_appl_id in number);
l_create_person_rec.person_last_name := 'Rohith';
l_create_person_rec.person_first_name := 'Kannur';
l_create_person_rec.created_by_module := 'TCA_MIGRATION';
hz_party_v2pub.create_person
(p_init_msg_list => 'T',
p_person_rec => l_create_person_rec,
x_party_id => l_party_id,
x_party_number => l_party_number,
x_profile_id => l_profile_id,
x_return_status => l_return_status,
x_msg_count => l_msg_count,
x_msg_data => l_msg_data
);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_return_status ' || l_return_status);

IF l_return_status <> 'S'
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_msg_count ' || l_msg_count);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_msg_data ' || l_msg_data);

FOR i IN 1 .. l_msg_count
LOOP
fnd_msg_pub.get (i, fnd_api.g_false, l_msg_data, l_msg_dummy);
l_output := (TO_CHAR (i) || ': ' || l_msg_data);
END LOOP;

DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Error mesg' || l_output);
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_party_id ' || l_party_id);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_party_number ' || l_party_number);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_profile_id ' || l_profile_id);
END IF;
END;

R12 AR Customer Account Site Creation

DECLARE
l_cust_acct_site_id NUMBER;
l_return_status VARCHAR2 (1);
l_msg_count NUMBER;
l_msg_data VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_output VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_msg_dummy VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_cust_acct_site_rec hz_cust_account_site_v2pub.cust_acct_site_rec_type;
BEGIN
fnd_global.apps_initialize(user_id in number,resp_id in number,resp_appl_id in number);
mo_global.init ('AR');
mo_global.set_policy_context ('S', '85');
l_cust_acct_site_rec.cust_account_id := 96682;
l_cust_acct_site_rec.party_site_id := 179420;
l_cust_acct_site_rec.created_by_module := 'TCA_MIGRATION';
hz_cust_account_site_v2pub.create_cust_acct_site
(p_init_msg_list => 'T',
p_cust_acct_site_rec => l_cust_acct_site_rec,
x_cust_acct_site_id => l_cust_acct_site_id,
x_return_status => l_return_status,
x_msg_count => l_msg_count,
x_msg_data => l_msg_data
);

IF l_return_status <> 'S'
THEN
FOR i IN 1 .. l_msg_count
LOOP
fnd_msg_pub.get (i, fnd_api.g_false, l_msg_data, l_msg_dummy);
l_output := (TO_CHAR (i) || ': ' || l_msg_data);
END LOOP;

DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Error mesg' || l_output);
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_cust_acct_site_id ' || l_cust_acct_site_id);
END IF;
END;

R12 AR customer Party Site Creation

DECLARE
l_party_site_id NUMBER;
l_party_site_number NUMBER;
l_return_status VARCHAR2 (1);
l_msg_count NUMBER;
l_msg_data VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_output VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_msg_dummy VARCHAR2 (1000);
l_party_site_rec hz_party_site_v2pub.party_site_rec_type;
BEGIN
fnd_global.apps_initialize(user_id in number,resp_id in number,resp_appl_id in number);
l_party_site_rec.party_id := 308013;
l_party_site_rec.location_id := 25254;
l_party_site_rec.created_by_module := 'TCA_MIGRATION';
hz_party_site_v2pub.create_party_site
(p_init_msg_list => 'T',
p_party_site_rec => l_party_site_rec,
x_party_site_id => l_party_site_id,
x_party_site_number => l_party_site_number,
x_return_status => l_return_status,
x_msg_count => l_msg_count,
x_msg_data => l_msg_data
);

IF l_return_status <> 'S'
THEN
FOR i IN 1 .. l_msg_count
LOOP
fnd_msg_pub.get (i, fnd_api.g_false, l_msg_data, l_msg_dummy);
l_output := (TO_CHAR (i) || ': ' || l_msg_data);
END LOOP;

DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Error mesg' || l_output);
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_party_site_id ' || l_party_site_id);
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('l_party_site_number ' || l_party_site_number);
END IF;
END;

Triggers Concepts - 2

Row Level Trigger With Referencing Clause
CREATE TABLE person (
fname VARCHAR2(15),
lname VARCHAR2(15));

CREATE TABLE audit_log (
o_fname VARCHAR2(15),
o_lname VARCHAR2(15),
n_fname VARCHAR2(15),
n_lname VARCHAR2(15),
chng_by VARCHAR2(10),
chng_when DATE);

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER referencing_clause
AFTER UPDATE
ON person
REFERENCING NEW AS NEW OLD AS OLD
FOR EACH ROW

DECLARE
act VARCHAR2(1);
BEGIN
INSERT INTO audit_log
(o_fname, o_lname, n_fname, n_lname, chng_by, chng_when)
VALUES
(:OLD.fname, :OLD.lname, :NEW.fname, :NEW.lname, USER, SYSDATE);
END referencing_clause;
/

INSERT INTO person (fname, lname) VALUES ('Dan', 'Morgan');

SELECT * FROM person;
SELECT * FROM audit_log;

UPDATE person
SET lname = 'Cline';

SELECT * FROM person;
SELECT * FROM audit_log;

UPDATE person
SET fname = 'Mark', lname = 'Townsend';

SELECT * FROM person;
SELECT * FROM audit_log;

Follows Clause CREATE TABLE test (
testcol VARCHAR2(15));

INSERT INTO test VALUES ('dummy');

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER follows_a
AFTER UPDATE
ON test
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('A');
END follows_a;
/

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER follows_b
AFTER UPDATE
ON test
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('B');
END follows_b;
/

set serveroutput on

UPDATE test SET testcol = 'a';

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER follows_b
AFTER UPDATE
ON test
FOR EACH ROW
FOLLOWS uwclass.follows_a
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('B');
END follows_b;
/

UPDATE test SET testcol = 'a';

Compound Triggers (new 11g)

Compound triggers allow for writing a single trigger incorporating STATEMENT and ROW LEVEL and BEFORE and AFTER CREATE TRIGGER
FOR ON
COMPOUND TRIGGER

BEFORE STATEMENT IS
BEGIN
...
END BEFORE STATEMENT;

BEFORE EACH ROW IS
BEGIN
...
END BEFORE EACH ROW;

AFTER STATEMENT IS
BEGIN
...
END AFTER STATEMENT;

AFTER EACH ROW IS
BEGIN
...
END AFTER EACH ROW;
END compound_trigger;
/
CREATE TABLE test AS
SELECT table_name, tablespace_name
FROM user_tables;

set serveroutput on

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER compound_trig
FOR INSERT ON test
COMPOUND TRIGGER
-------------------------------
BEFORE STATEMENT IS
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('BEFORE STATEMENT LEVEL');
END BEFORE STATEMENT;
-------------------------------
BEFORE EACH ROW IS
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('BEFORE ROW LEVEL');
END BEFORE EACH ROW;
-------------------------------
AFTER STATEMENT IS
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('AFTER STATEMENT LEVEL');
END AFTER STATEMENT;
-------------------------------
AFTER EACH ROW IS
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line('AFTER ROW LEVEL');
END AFTER EACH ROW;
END compound_trig;
/

SELECT trigger_name, trigger_type
FROM user_triggers;

INSERT INTO test
(table_name, tablespace_name)
VALUES
('MORGAN', 'UWDATA');

Triggers concepts

Data Dictionary Views Related
To DDL Triggers trigger$

dba_triggers all_triggers user_triggers

System Privileges Related To Table Triggers create trigger
create any trigger
administer database trigger
alter any trigger
drop any trigger
Table Trigger Firing Options -- before constraints are applied
BEFORE INSERT
BEFORE UPDATE
BEFORE DELETE

-- after constraints are applied
AFTER INSERT
AFTER UPDATE
AFTER DELETE
Transaction Model Oracle transactions are atomic. No commit or rollback are allowed in a trigger.
Maximum trigger size 32K - but you can call procedures and function in triggers to perform processing

Create Statement Level Triggers (the default)

Statement Level Trigger With A Single Action CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER
[]
[OR OR ]
ON
[FOLLOWS ]

DECLARE

BEGIN

EXCEPTION

END ;
/
CREATE TABLE orders (
somecolumn VARCHAR2(20),
numbercol NUMBER(10),
datecol DATE);

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER statement_level
BEFORE UPDATE
ON orders

DECLARE
vMsg VARCHAR2(30) := 'Statement Level Trigger Fired';
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line(vMsg);
END statement_level;
/

set serveroutput on

INSERT INTO orders (somecolumn) VALUES ('ABC');

UPDATE orders SET somecolumn = 'XYZ';

Statement Level Trigger With Multiple Actions
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER statement_level
AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE
ON orders

DECLARE
vMsg VARCHAR2(30) := 'Statement Level Trigger Fired';
BEGIN
IF INSERTING THEN
dbms_output.put_line(vMsg || ' When Inserting');
ELSIF UPDATING THEN
dbms_output.put_line(vMsg || ' When Updating');
ELSIF DELETING THEN
dbms_output.put_line(vMsg || ' When Deleting');
END IF;
END statement_level;
/

set serveroutput on

INSERT INTO orders (somecolumn) VALUES ('ABC');

UPDATE orders SET somecolumn = 'DEF' WHERE ROWNUM = 1;

DELETE FROM orders WHERE ROWNUM = 1;

Create Row Level Triggers
Note: AFTER row triggers create less UNDO than BEFORE row triggers so use AFTER when possible.

Row Level Trigger ... most common usage to provide a surrogate key from a sequence CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER
[FOLLOWS ]
[]
OR OR
[OF ]
ON
REFERENCING NEW AS OLD AS PARENT AS
FOR EACH ROW

DECLARE

BEGIN

EXCEPTION

END ;
/
CREATE TABLE t (
rid NUMBER(5),
col VARCHAR2(3));

ALTER TABLE t
ADD CONSTRAINT pk_t
PRIMARY KEY (rid)
USING INDEX;

CREATE SEQUENCE seq_t;

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER row_level
BEFORE INSERT
ON t
FOR EACH ROW

BEGIN
SELECT seq_t.NEXTVAL
INTO:NEW.rid
FROM dual;
dbms_output.put_line(:NEW.rid);
END row_level;
/

INSERT INTO t (col) VALUES ('A');
INSERT INTO t (col) VALUES ('B');
INSERT INTO t (col) VALUES ('C');

SELECT * FROM t;

Row Level Trigger With A Single Action
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER row_level
BEFORE UPDATE
ON orders
FOR EACH ROW

DECLARE
vMsg VARCHAR2(30) := 'Row Level Trigger Fired';
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line(vMsg);
END row_level;
/

set serveroutput on

INSERT INTO orders (somecolumn) VALUES ('ABC');
INSERT INTO orders (somecolumn) VALUES ('ABC');
INSERT INTO orders (somecolumn) VALUES ('ABC');

SELECT * FROM orders;

UPDATE orders SET somecolumn = 'XYZ';

Row Level Trigger With Multiple Actions
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER statement_level
AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE
ON orders
FOR EACH ROW

DECLARE
vMsg VARCHAR2(30) := 'Row Level Trigger Fired';
BEGIN
IF INSERTING THEN
dbms_output.put_line(vMsg || ' On Insert');
ELSIF UPDATING THEN
dbms_output.put_line(vMsg || ' On Update');
ELSIF DELETING THEN
dbms_output.put_line(vMsg || ' On Delete');
END IF;
END statement_level;
/

set serveroutput on

INSERT INTO orders (somecolumn) VALUES ('ABC');

UPDATE orders
SET somecolumn = 'ZZT';

DELETE FROM orders WHERE rownum < 4;

Row Level Trigger With OF Clause
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER of_clause
BEFORE UPDATE
OF numbercol
ON orders
FOR EACH ROW

DECLARE
vMsg VARCHAR2(40) := 'Update Will Change numbercol Column';
BEGIN
dbms_output.put_line(vMsg);
END of_clause;
/

set serveroutput on

UPDATE orders
SET numbercol = 8;

Oracle Built-in Functions

Below is the useful link for Oracle Built in Functions
http://www.psoug.org/reference/builtin_functions.html

String Functions

ASCII
Get The ASCII Value Of A Character
ASCII(ch VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS) RETURN PLS_INTEGER;
SELECT ASCII('A') FROM dual;
SELECT ASCII('Z') FROM dual;
SELECT ASCII('a') FROM dual;
SELECT ASCII('z') FROM dual;
SELECT ASCII(' ') FROM dual;

CASE Related Functions
Upper Case UPPER(ch VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET;
SELECT UPPER('Dan Morgan') FROM dual;
Lower Case LOWER(ch VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET;
SELECT LOWER('Dan Morgan') FROM dual;
Initial Letter Upper Case INITCAP(ch VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET;
SELECT INITCAP('DAN MORGAN') FROM dual;
NLS Upper Case NLS_UPPER()
SELECT NLS_UPPER('Dan Morgan', 'NLS_SORT = XDanish')
FROM dual;
NLS Lower Case NLS_LOWER()
SELECT NLS_LOWER('Dan Morgan', 'NLS_SORT = XFrench')
FROM dual;
NLS Initial Letter Upper Case NLS_INITCAP()
SELECT NLS_INITCAP('DAN MORGAN', 'NLS_SORT = XGerman')
FROM dual;

CHR
Character CHR(n PLS_INTEGER) RETURN VARCHAR2;
SELECT(CHR(68) CHR(65) CHR(78)) FROM dual;

SELECT(CHR(68) CHR(97) CHR(110)) FROM dual;

COALESCE

Returns the first non-null occurrence COALESCE(, , , ...)
CREATE TABLE test (
col1 VARCHAR2(1),
col2 VARCHAR2(1),
col3 VARCHAR2(1));

INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, 'B', 'C');
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('A', NULL, 'C');
INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, NULL, 'C');
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('A', 'B', 'C');

SELECT COALESCE(col1, col2, col3) FROM test;

CONCAT
Concatenate
Overload 1
standard.CONCAT(
lef VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
right VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET LEFT%CHARSET;
SELECT CONCAT('Dan ', 'Morgan') FROM dual;

Concatenate

Overload 2 CONCAT(left IN CLOB, right IN CLOB) RETURN CLOB
set serveroutput on

DECLARE
c1 CLOB := TO_CLOB('Dan ');
c2 CLOB := TO_CLOB('Morgan');
c3 CLOB;
BEGIN
SELECT CONCAT('Dan ', 'Morgan')
INTO c3
FROM dual;

dbms_output.put_line(c3);
END;
/

CONVERT
Converts From One Character Set To Another CONVERT(,,
)
SELECT CONVERT('Ġʠ͠ՠؠA B C D E','US7ASCII','WE8ISO8859P1')
FROM dual;

DUMP

Returns a VARCHAR2 value containing the datatype code, length in bytes, and internal representation of a value DUMP( [,[,[,]]])

8 Octal
10 Decimal
16 Hexidecimal
17 Single Characters
1008 octal notation with the character set name
1010 decimal notation with the character set name
1016 hexadecimal notation with the character set name
1017 single characters with the character set name

set linesize 121
col dmp format a50

SELECT table_name, DUMP(table_name) DMP FROM user_tables;

SELECT table_name, DUMP(table_name, 16) DMP FROM user_tables;

SELECT table_name, DUMP(table_name, 16, 7, 4) DMP FROM user_tables;

INSTR
See the post in my Blog on this

INSTRB
Location of a string, within another string, in bytes INSTRB(
STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
STR2 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
POS PLS_INTEGER := 1, -- position
NTH POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN PLS_INTEGER;
SELECT INSTRB('Dan Morgan', ' ', 1, 1) FROM dual;

INSTRC
Location of a string, within another string, in Unicode complete characters INSTRC(
STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
STR2 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
POS PLS_INTEGER := 1, -- position
NTH POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN PLS_INTEGER;
SELECT INSTRC('Dan Morgan', ' ', 1, 1) FROM dual;

INSTR2
Location of a string, within another string, in UCS2 code points INSTR2(
STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
STR2 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
POS PLS_INTEGER := 1, -- position
NTH POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN PLS_INTEGER;
SELECT INSTR2('Dan Morgan', ' ', 1, 1) FROM dual;

INSTR4
Location of a string, within another string, in UCS4 code points INSTR4(
STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
STR2 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
POS PLS_INTEGER := 1, -- position
NTH POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN PLS_INTEGER;
SELECT INSTR4('Dan Morgan', ' ', 1, 1) FROM dual;

LENGTH
String Length LENGTH()
SELECT LENGTH('Dan Morgan') FROM dual;

LENGTHB
Returns length in bytes LENGTHB()
SELECT table_name, LENGTHB(table_name) FROM user_tables;
Note: Additional forms of LENGTH (LENGTHC, LENGTH2, and LENGTH4) are also available.

LPAD
Left Pad

Overload 1 LPAD(
str1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len PLS_INTEGER,
PAD VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;
SELECT LPAD('Dan Morgan', 25, 'x') FROM dual;
Overload 2 LPAD(
str1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len PLS_INTEGER)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;
SELECT LPAD('Dan Morgan', 25) FROM dual;
Overload 3 LPAD(
str1 CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len NUMBER,
PAD CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;
TBD
Overload 4 LPAD(
str1 CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len INTEGER)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;
TBD

LTRIM
Left Trim

Overload 1 LTRIM(
str1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS := ' ',
tset VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;
SELECT '->' LTRIM(' Dan Morgan ') '<-' FROM dual; Overload 2 LTRIM( STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS := ' ') RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; SELECT '->' LTRIM('xxx Dan Morgan ') '<-' FROM dual; SELECT '->' LTRIM('xxxDan Morgan ', 'x') '<-' FROM dual; MAX The Maximum String based on the current sort parameter MAX()
SELECT MAX(table_name)
FROM user_tables;

MIN
The Minimum String based on the current sort parameter MIN()
SELECT MIN(table_name)
FROM user_tables;

NLSSORT

Returns the string of bytes used to sort a string.

The string returned is of RAW data type NLSSORT(, 'NLS_SORT = );
CREATE TABLE test (name VARCHAR2(15));
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Gaardiner');
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Gaberd');
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('G⢥rd');
COMMIT;

SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY name;

SELECT * FROM test
ORDER BY NLSSORT(name, 'NLS_SORT = XDanish');

SELECT * FROM test
ORDER BY NLSSORT(name, 'NLS_SORT = BINARY_CI');

Quote Delimiters

q used to define a quote delimiter for PL/SQL q'';
set serveroutput on

DECLARE
s1 VARCHAR2(20);
s2 VARCHAR2(20);
s3 VARCHAR2(20);
BEGIN
s1 := q'[Isn't this cool]';
s2 := q'"Isn't this cool"';
s3 := q'Isn't this cool';

dbms_output.put_line(s1);
dbms_output.put_line(s2);
dbms_output.put_line(s3);
END;
/

REVERSE
Reverse REVERSE()
SELECT REVERSE('Dan Morgan') FROM dual;

SELECT DUMP('Dan Morgan') FROM dual;
SELECT DUMP(REVERSE('Dan Morgan')) FROM dual;

RPAD
Right Pad

Overload 1 RPAD(str1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, len PLS_INTEGER,
pad VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;
SELECT RPAD('Dan Morgan', 25, 'x') FROM dual;
Overload 2 RPAD(str1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, len PLS_INTEGER)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;
SELECT RPAD('Dan Morgan', 25) '<-' FROM dual; RTRIM Right Trim Overload 1 RTRIM( str1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS := ' ', tset VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET) RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; SELECT '->' RTRIM(' Dan Morganxxx') '<-' FROM dual; SELECT '->' RTRIM(' Dan Morganxxx', 'xxx') '<-' FROM dual; Overload 2 RTRIM( str1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS := ' ') RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; SELECT '->' RTRIM(' Dan Morgan ') '<-' FROM dual; SOUNDEX Returns Character String Containing The Phonetic Representation Of Another String Rules: Retain the first letter of the string and remove all other occurrences of the following letters: a, e, h, i, o, u, w, y Assign numbers to the remaining letters (after the first) as follows: b, f, p, v = 1 c, g, j, k, q, s, x, z = 2 d, t = 3 l = 4 m, n = 5 r = 6 If two or more letters with the same number were adjacent in the original name (before step 1), or adjacent except for any intervening h and w, then omit all but the first. Return the first four bytes padded with 0. SOUNDEX(ch VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS) RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; CREATE TABLE test ( namecol VARCHAR2(15)); INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smith'); INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smyth'); INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smythe'); INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smither'); INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smidt'); INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smick'); INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smiff'); COMMIT; SELECT name, SOUNDEX(namecol) FROM test; SELECT * FROM test WHERE SOUNDEX(namecol) = SOUNDEX('SMITH'); SUBSTR See links at page bottom SUBSTRB Returns a substring counting bytes rather than characters SUBSTRB( STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, POS PLS_INTEGER, -- starting position LEN PLS_INTEGER := 2147483647) -- number of characters RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; SUBSTRC( STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, POS PLS_INTEGER, -- starting position LEN PLS_INTEGER := 2147483647) -- number of characters RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; SUBSTR2( STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, POS PLS_INTEGER, -- starting position LEN PLS_INTEGER := 2147483647) -- number of characters RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; SUBSTR4( STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, POS PLS_INTEGER, -- starting position LEN PLS_INTEGER := 2147483647) -- number of characters RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;
TREAT Changes The Declared Type Of An Expression TREAT ( AS REF schema.type))
SELECT name, TREAT(VALUE(p) AS employee_t).salary SALARY
FROM persons p;

TRIM (variations are LTRIM and RTRIM)
Trim Spaces TRIM()
SELECT ' Dan Morgan ' FROM dual;

SELECT TRIM(' Dan Morgan ') FROM dual;
Trim Other Characters TRIM( FROM )
SELECT TRIM('D' FROM 'Dan Morgan') FROM dual;
Trim By CHR value TRIM()
SELECT ASCII(SUBSTR('Dan Morgan',1,1)) FROM dual;

SELECT TRIM(CHR(68) FROM 'Dan Morgan') FROM dual;

Vertical Bars
Also known as Pipes
SELECT 'Dan' ' ' 'Morgan' FROM dual;

with alias

SELECT 'Dan' ' ' 'Morgan' NAME FROM dual;
or
SELECT 'Dan' ' ' 'Morgan' AS NAME FROM dual;

VSIZE
Byte Size VSIZE(e IN VARCHAR2) RETURN NUMBER
SELECT VSIZE('Dan Morgan') FROM dual;

SUBSTR And INSTR String Functions

SUBSTR (Substring) Built-in String Function

SUBSTR (overload 1)
SUBSTR(
STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
POS PLS_INTEGER, -- starting position
LEN PLS_INTEGER := 2147483647) -- number of characters
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;

SUBSTR (overload 2)
SUBSTR(
STR1 CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
POS NUMBER, -- starting position
LEN NUMBER := 2147483647) -- number of characters
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET;

Substring Beginning Of String
SELECT SUBSTR(, 1, )
FROM dual;
SELECT SUBSTR('Take the first four characters', 1, 4) FIRST_FOUR
FROM dual;

Substring Middle Of String
SELECT SUBSTR(, , )
FROM dual.
SELECT SUBSTR('Take the first four characters', 16, 4) MIDDLE_FOUR
FROM dual;

Substring End of String
SELECT SUBSTR(, )
FROM dual;

SELECT SUBSTR('Take the first four characters', 16) SIXTEEN_TO_END
FROM dual;

SELECT SUBSTR('Take the first four characters', -4) FINAL_FOUR
FROM dual;

INSTR (Instring) Built-in String Function

INSTR (overload 1)
INSTR(
STR1 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
STR2 VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
POS PLS_INTEGER := 1, -- position
NTH POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN PLS_INTEGER;

INSTR (overload 2)
INSTR(
STR1 CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
STR2 CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
POS INTEGER := 1, -- position
NTH POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN INTEGER;

Instring For Matching First Value Found
SELECT INSTR(, , ,
FROM dual;
SELECT INSTR('Take the first four characters', 'a', 1, 1) FOUND_1
FROM dual;

Instring If No Matching Second Value Found
SELECT INSTR('Take the first four characters', 'a', 1, 2) FOUND_2
FROM dual;

Instring For Multiple Characters
SELECT INSTR('Take the first four characters', 'four', 1, 1) MCHARS
FROM dual;

Reverse Direction Search
SELECT INSTR('Take the first four characters', 'a', -1, 1) REV_SRCH
FROM dual;

Reverse Direction Search Second Match
SELECT INSTR('Take the first four characters', 'a', -1, 2) REV_TWO
FROM dual;

String Parsing By Combining SUBSTR And INSTR Built-in String Functions

List parsing first value

Take up to the character before the first comma
SELECT SUBSTR('abc,def,ghi', 1 ,INSTR('abc,def,ghi', ',', 1, 1)-1)
FROM dual;

List parsing center value

Take the value between the commas
SELECT SUBSTR('abc,def,ghi', INSTR('abc,def,ghi',',', 1, 1)+1,
INSTR('abc,def,ghi',',',1,2)-INSTR('abc,def,ghi',',',1,1)-1)
FROM dual;

List parsing last value

Take the value after the last comma
SELECT SUBSTR('abc,def,ghi', INSTR('abc,def,ghi',',', 1, 2)+1)
FROM dual;

GL Tables which stores parent and child segments information

FND_FLEX_VALUES and
FND_FLEX_VALUE_HIERARCHIES tables.

Below link gives the information on parent and child segments in General Ledger

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/A60725_05/html/comnls/us/gl/acctgf06.htm