# Custom Code for Tabular Forms (Part 1)
_Over a year ago I [wrote an article](http://www.talkapex.com/2014/03/running-custom-code-for-tabular-forms.html) covering how to create a tabular form and then use custom PL/SQL to process the data rather than the automatic Apply MRU and Apply MRD processes. The demo showed how to do this in APEX 4.2. This article will re-introduce the topic but use APEX 5.0 instead._
### Create new Tabular Form
* Create page > Page type: Form > Tabular Form
* Select the following options:
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* Note: For simplicity/demo purposes, limiting to just the `SAL` and `ENAME` columns.* Primary Key: Select Primary Key Column(s) > Primary Key Column 1 > `EMPNO`
* Run through the rest of the wizard.
### Remove Automatic DML
Since custom code will be used to process the page, delete the automatic row processing process as shown below.
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### Create Process
Create a new process with the following settings (the _Source_ is included below the image).
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```sql
if :empno is null then
-- code to insert emp
null;
else
update emp
set
ename = :ename,
sal = :sal
where empno = :empno;
end if;
```
Using the above technique you can now use a tabular form to call custom PL/SQL code rather than the automatic row processing.
The [next article](http://www.talkapex.com/2015/09/custom-code-for-tabular-forms-part-2.html) will cover how to modify data from multiple tables in the same Tabular Form.