Workflow Preferences API

Call the following API to retrieve user preference information. The API is defined in the PL/SQL package called WF_PREF.

get_pref

Syntax

function get_pref 
  (p_user_name in varchar2,
   p_preference_name in varchar2)
  return varchar2;

Description

Retrieves the value of the specified preference for the specified user.

Arguments (input)

p_user_name The internal name of the user. To retrieve the value for a global preference, specify the user as -WF_DEFAULT-.
p_preference_name The name of the user preference whose value you wish to retrieve. Valid preference names are:
  • LANGUAGE

  • TERRITORY

  • MAILTYPE

  • DMHOME

  • DATEFORMAT