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## GetItemAttribute

PL/SQL Syntax

`function GetItemAttrText`

        (itemtype in varchar2,

         itemkey in varchar2,

         aname in varchar2) return varchar2;

    function GetItemAttrNumber

        (itemtype in varchar2,

         itemkey in varchar2,

         aname in varchar2) return number;

    function GetItemAttrDate

        (itemtype in varchar2,

         itemkey in varchar2,

         aname in varchar2) return date;

    function GetItemAttrEvent

        (itemtype in varchar2,

         itemkey in varchar2,

         name in varchar2) return wf_event_t;

Description

Returns the value of an item type attribute in a process. Use the correct function for your attribute type. All attribute types except number, date, and event use GetItemAttrText.

Arguments (input) | itemtypeA valid item type.
itemkey | A string generated from the application object's primary key. The string uniquely identifies the item within an item type. The item type and key together identify the process. See: CreateProcess.

> Note: Pass #SYNCH as the itemkey to create a forced synchronous process. See: Forced Synchronous Processes.

aname | The internal name of an item type attribute, for GetItemAttrText(), GetItemAttrNumber(), and GetItemAttrDate().
name | The internal name of an item type attribute, for GetItemAttrEvent().

### See Also

Event Message Structure

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