In this episode, Anton and Hayden talk about
1. How debug Level 9 can sometimes offer suggestions for writing better SQL
2. How the use of an undocumented feature called “apex_plugin_util.is_component_used” can help spare ourselves from having to rewrite SQL that the APEX team has already written.
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Please vote for Anton’s feature request to get this function documented! Access it here:
https://apex.oracle.com/ideas/FR-2240
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