:old and :new

[PatrickB101]

is ld and :new just database triggers? if not may i see an example of how the code would look in a when button pressed trigger.. thanks

 

[cfsenorin]

In Forms this will probably refers to a column in your block, meaning your column is referenced as :column_name, instead of :blockname.column_name, which is more readable.

In SQL*Plus, this can be also a variable referring to the keyword 'OLD' and 'NEW' in creating database triggers.