!!Retrieve any column from any table

!Functionality:
This function retrieves a column value from a table

!Parameters:

|TABLE_NAME   | Either the full table name (e.g. P2K_HR_IDENTITIES) or the table alias (e.g. EID)
|COLUMN_NAME  | The column name from that table that you wish to retrieve
|REFERENCE_ID | The ID of the record that you are seeking the data for

!Returns: 
Varchar2  (regardless of the type of data being requested)

!Errors:  
|{{*bad table name*}}              |When there is no table found in [IMTD] with the name, or alias provided
|{{*bad column name*}}             |When there is no column name found in [IMCD] with that name, for the table provided.
|{{*error: invalid column length*}}|When the column is a BLOB, or has a maximum length in excess of 4,000 characters
|{{*error: ORA-xxx}}               |is issued when any other error occurs.

!Example: 

{{P2K_PU.GC('EID','FIRST_NAME',~)}}  - Using Identity ID as the third parameter (~)

;:Will return the First Name the employee from P2K_HR_IDENTITIES, identified by the ID in the third parameter

{{P2K_PU.GC('P2K_PR_PAY_RUNS','DISBURSED',~)}}  - Using Pay Run ID as the third parameter (~)

;:Will return the DISBURSED flag, for the payrun identified by the ID in the third parameter

Note that DATE field types will return the date as a character in DD-MON-YYYY format, so if you want to reformat using a date format mask, then you will need to convert to a date type using the TO_DATE function.

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