5.12.1 Package Constants

c_prefix CONSTANT VARCHAR2(1) := 'P';

Specifies that the column abbreviation is to be used as a prefix.

c_suffix CONSTANT VARCHAR2(1) := 'S';

Specifies that the column abbreviation is to be used as a suffix.

c_no_change CONSTANT VARCHAR2(10) := 'NO CHANGE';

Used to indicate that no change is to be made to the string value.

c_int_no_change CONSTANT INTEGER := 0;

Used to indicate that no change is to be made to the INTEGER value.

5.12.2 Setting the PLVfk configuration

PROCEDURE set_vclen (length_in IN INTEGER);

Sets the default VARCHAR2 length for the foreign key named retrieved by the PLVfk.name function.

PROCEDURE set_id_default

(string_in IN VARCHAR2 := c_no_change,

type_in IN VARCHAR2 := c_no_change);

Sets the default value to be used as the suffix or prefix of the name for the ID column.

PROCEDURE set_nm_default

(string_in IN VARCHAR2 := c_no_change,

type_in IN VARCHAR2 := c_no_change);

Sets the default value to be used as the suffix or prefix of the name for the name column.

5.12.3 Looking up the name

FUNCTION name    (fk_id_in IN INTEGER,     fk_table_in IN VARCHAR2,      fk_id_col_in IN VARCHAR2 := c_no_change,      fk_nm_col_in IN VARCHAR2 := c_no_change,      max_length_in IN INTEGER := c_int_no_change,      where_clause_in IN VARCHAR2 := NULL) RETURN VARCHAR2; 

Retrieves the name for the specified table and ID.

5.12.4 Looking up the ID

FUNCTION id    (fk_nm_in IN VARCHAR2,     fk_table_in IN VARCHAR2,      fk_id_col_in IN VARCHAR2 := c_no_change,      fk_nm_col_in IN VARCHAR2 := c_no_change,      max_length_in IN INTEGER := c_int_no_change,      where_clause_in IN VARCHAR2 := NULL) RETURN INTEGER; 

Retrieves the ID (primary key) for the specified table and name or descriptor.