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APEX Feature Requests inspired by the show!
| Highlight changed items for “Warn on Unsaved Changes” (Link to episode) | FR-1902 |
| Enable “Plain Text (based on List of Values)” as an option when configuring the “Cards” region columns (Link to episode) | FR-2148 |
| “Automatic Time Zone” should use “Time Zone Region” not UTC (Link to episode) | FR-2138 |
| Make Relevance Score available to LOVs that use Oracle Text (Link to episode) | FR-2123 |
| Remove Build Option from Associated Components directly from the Build Option page (Link to episode) | FR-2110 |
| Add a declarative “Commit Upon Success” attribute to processes (Link to episode) | FR-1894 |
| Document “apex_plugin_util.is_component_used”(Link to episode) | FR-2240 |
| Ability to set “Clone APEX Session When Opening New Tab/Window” at the application level (Link to episode) | FR-2886 |
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APEX Instant Tips #175: Why is my APEX item null? What is item “Storage”?
Be aware of the order of operations in APEX. Keep this in mind: Processes happen before...
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APEX Instant Tips #174: Dynamic Actions and Order of Execution
Dynamic actions have brought client-side JavaScript to everyone, but it is still important to understand a...
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APEX Instant Tips #173: Naming User Preferences
Anton teams up with very special guest Hayden Hudson to add a follow up on epsisode...
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APEX Instant Tips #172: Region Template Best Practices
Standard? Blank with Attributes? Blank with Attributes (No Grid)? When should I use each of these...
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APEX Instant Tips #171: APEX v24.2 Opening Modal Dialog Pages
When upgrading to APEX v24.2 be sure to fix custom javascript that opens modal dialog pages...our...
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APEX Instant Tips #170: Find matching members in two “multi-value”, colon separated strings
A quick method to determine if two "multi-value" strings (e.g. colon separated) have any matching members.
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APEX Instant Tips #169: A return to writing fast queries…and a function to make it easier.
Think you can’t learn anything valuable in 5 minutes? Anton and Marwa will prove you wrong,...
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APEX Instant Tips #168: Two approaches to applying CSS to APEX components
A couple of ways to approach changing the look and feel of your application. We'll also...
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APEX Instant Tips #167: APEX sessions, APEX engine requests – Behind the scenes
Anton and Marwa discuss the underpinnings of the APEX engine, including ORDS, and demonstrate using trace...
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APEX Instant Tips #166: Using the browser network inspector for APEX environment insights
Have you ever seen this error when you click save? "Error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token DOCTYPE... is not...
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APEX Instant Tips #165: You Must Markdown This Tip
How to make your optional label templates start in column 1 and how to publish your...
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APEX Instant Tips #164: Three Tips, Workarounds, Hacks…you be the judge.
Tips on how to resize regions, show warnings on dynamic actions, and keep your region "page...
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APEX Instant Tips #163: APEX_DEBUG tips and quirks
This week, Anton and Marwa cover APEX_DEBUG.ENTER, .INFO, .MESSAGE, .WARN, .ERROR and more...Happy New Year!
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APEX Instant Tips #162: About Display Only Items in Oracle APEX
In this week's tip, any time you set a value in the browser, a user could...
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APEX Instant Tips #161: More about hashing than you could possibly want to know…but you should.
Marwa and Anton take you through hashing and checksums. Maybe more than you could possibly want...
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APEX Instant Tips #160: APEX utilities you may never need, but if you do, they’re good to know.
Anton and Marwa show you the utilities you can find in APEX Object Reports, and there...
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APEX #159: Recipes from the IG Cookbook
Marwa and Anton show you amazing things you can do with an Interactive Grid through recipes...
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APEX Instant Tips #158: Opening multiple browser tabs
Are you concerned about users opening multiple browser tabs? You should be...Marwa and Anton explain.
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APEX #157: Refreshing Region Plugin Regions
Anton and Marwa discuss how to make region plugins regions refreshable. Anton provides a boilerplate plugin...
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APEX Instant Tips #156: Informing users about background processes
Anton and Marwa discuss Background processes: informing users of what is happening and what occurs upon...
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APEX Instant Tips #155: About icons and buttons builder
We have extended the Universal Theme application to allow more customization within the icon and button...
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APEX Instant Tips #154: How to Recenter a Map Region
What is this episode about? Hint: Initial position in zoom, isn’t enough…
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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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APEX Instant Tips #145: How to know if the data in your Interactive Grid row changed
:APEX$ROW_STATUS is a pseudo column that can be used in PL/SQL, just like any other interactive...
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APEX Instant Tips #144: When to_date
To_date, To_number, and To_timestamp stem from how APEX stores and treats Session State. Anton and Marwa...
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APEX Instant Tips #143: Javascript and css from pl/sql
In this episode, Marwa and Special guest Eglé describe how to add javascript code and CSS...
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APEX Instant Tips #142: LOV additional columns
Michelle sits in for Anton this week as Marwa shows you how to leverage additional columns...
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APEX Instant Tips #141: The APEX qAsk application
The APEX qAsk application can be used for live surveys. Anton and Marwa demonstrate and point...
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APEX Instant Tip #140: A tip for when merging working copies
When merging a copy back into an APEX app, make sure to unclick anything that says...
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APEX Instant Tips #139: How to hide inactive rows in an LOV _unless_ the record has that value
Every APEX user can appreciate this. Once you get there, the route seems obvious, but most...
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APEX Instant Tips #138: How to read & understand the help for PopUp LOV JS Initialization Code
Anton and Marwa discuss how to read and understand the help for PopUp LOV > Javascript...
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APEX Instant Tips #137: How many APEX developers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Anton explains why all your tables with foreign keys should have an index on the foreign...
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APEX Instant Tips #136: Expertly crafted with love by Insum using Oracle APEX
From creating text messages in the shared component application (tip #86) to how you can change...
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APEX Instant Tips #135: It’s valuable for developers to understand the APEX Infrastructure
It's important to understand how ORDS handles the connection pool and connection security. ORDS connections to...
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APEX Instant Tips #134 : Weighted Page Performance reporting in Dev, in UAT, and, oh yeah, in Prod.
Anton and Marwa go over 3 interesting tips on Weighted Page performance that can be used...
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APEX Instant Tips #133: Tiny Tips for Teams Tackling Tasks Together
Quick tips to customize your APEX Workspace, Anton adds his Wisdom of the week: "Step back...
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APEX Instant Tips #132 AuthN vs AuthZ
Anton and Marwa talk about the difference between Authentication and Authorization in particular when applied to...
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