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function GetText

  (some_text in varchar2,
   nid in number,
   disptype in varchar2 default '')
  return varchar2;

Description

Substitutes tokens in an arbitrary text string using token values from a particular notification. This function may return up to 32K characters. You cannot use this function in a view definition or in an Oracle Forms Developer form. For views and forms, use GetShortText( ) which truncates values at 1950 characters.

If an error is detected, this function returns some_text unsubstituted rather than raise exceptions.

Arguments (input)

some_text	Text to be substituted.
nid	Notification ID of notification to use for token values.
disptype	The display type of the message body that you are token substituting the text into. Valid display types are:

• wf_notification.doc_text, which returns text/plain

• wf_notification.doc_html, which returns text/html

• wf_notification.doc_attach, which returns null

The default is null.

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