If you have an existing session in APEX, apex_session.attach allows you to interact with it from outside of APEX. Anton shows us some interesting things you can do when using this function in combination with APEX collections, for example. And, Hayden is back as a special guest!
Useful links
To work with your APEX application while the database does some heavy lifting in the background.
https://github.com/hhudson/background…
A plugin to explore edge cases for testing purposes
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Past Episodes
APEX Instant Tips #153: Everything you always wanted to know about combobox but never thought to ask
With Combo boxes, you must manage your business rules and watch for multi-user concurrency issues. Anton...
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APEX Instant Tips #152: APEX.debug
In this episode, Anton and Marwa compare Console.log, APEX_debug.log, APEX_debug.message, and APEX.debug.setlevel.
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APEX Instant Tips #151: Updates to tips 148, 146 & 53
A review and update of 3 previous instant tips: Checksum, Faceted Search, and Multilingual Apps from...
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APEX Instant Tips #150: Rarely Used Region Types (RURTs)
Different Region Types, including the Toggle Column Report Region, Avatar Region, Reflow Region, and Smart Filters.
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APEX Instant Tips #149: APEX Dev Team Magic: APEX Item Plug-in
Anton and Marwa show you a magical query. No matter what type of LOV definition you...
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APEX Instant Tips #148: Protect Ajax Callback processes from hacking
Last week, we made it easy to use Ajax Callback processes. This week, we show how...
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APEX Instant Tips #147: Why are Ajax Callback processes so hard to use?
Ajax callbacks are hard to use: Learn the javascript and be careful about syntax. Marwa and...
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APEX #146: APEX Instant Tips #146: Extending Faceted Search
Hosts Anton and Marwa talk about how to make a page item look and behave like...
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