Thursday, June 08, 2017

How long will Oracle APEX remain an included feature of the Oracle Database?

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Another great question today from an internal employee.  Tom, a Managed Cloud Services Delivery Director, asked: "I am the OMCS Clien...
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Wednesday, June 07, 2017

Is there a mailing list for APEX release announcements?

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There was an interesting question today from Oracle Support, on behalf of a customer.  They asked: "The customer would like to know i...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2017

excel2collection functionality of ORDS will not work with APEX 5.1 or later

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If you're using the functionality of Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) with Oracle Application Express to parse a Microsoft Excel file ...
Thursday, May 04, 2017

APEX and ORDS up and running in....2 steps!

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In January 2017, I had a meeting with Dr. Sriram Birudavolu from Hyderabad.  He got my attention when he said he would love to start a 1000...
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Wednesday, May 03, 2017

End users still on IE8? Upgrade them before upgrading to Application Express 5.1 or later

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If you have end users of your Application Express (APEX) applications still using Internet Explorer 8, you should upgrade their browsers be...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Developing a training course or university curriculum for Oracle Application Express (APEX)? Start here!

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While education in Oracle Application Express (APEX) is offered as a part of many university and secondary school courses around the globe,...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Oracle Application Express 5.1.1 now available

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Just in time for APEX World 2017 , Oracle Application Express 5.1.1 is now released and available for download.  If you wish to download the...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Oracle technologies used to analyze the Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States

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The Oracle Database ships with a wonderful technology called Oracle Text .  Most people associate Oracle Text with the mere ability to...
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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Details about this incident are available via debug id....

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In Oracle Application Express, unexpected exceptions can occasionally occur.  Instead of communicating the technical details to an end u...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

OTN Appreciation Day: Oracle Text

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For OTN Appreciation Day , I was told that it wouldn't be appropriate to write about my favorite Oracle feature ( APEX , obviously).  So...
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Friday, September 30, 2016

Correlating APEX Sessions to Database Sessions

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I received the following question via email today: "Had a question from a client yesterday concerning the subject:  I want to know wh...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Lessons Learned in 20 Years at Oracle

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I've known Mark, a technical pre-sales consultant at Oracle, for a number of years.  I was bcc'd on the farewell email message that ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Securing Oracle Application Express when using Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS)

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If you are using Oracle REST Data Services as the "PL/SQL Gateway" for Oracle Application Express , ensure that your ORDS configu...
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Monday, July 04, 2016

APEX session isolation across multiple browser tabs - Problem Solved (in APEX 5.1)

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Since the genesis of Oracle Application Express , customers have asked for a way to open multiple browser tabs (or windows) of an APEX appli...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

An Important Change Coming for Oracle Application Express in Oracle Database 12cR2

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A minor but important change is happening for Oracle Application Express in the forthcoming Oracle Database 12cR2.  Specifically, Oracle A...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Oracle Database 12c Features Now Available on apex.oracle.com

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As a lot of people know, apex.oracle.com is the customer evaluation instance of Oracle Application Express (APEX).  It's a place where...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Is Oracle Application Express Secure?

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Is Oracle Application Express secure?  That's the question I received today, from the customer of a partner.  The customer asked: ...
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Thursday, January 21, 2016

If you use Internet Explorer, change is coming for you in Oracle Application Express 5.1

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With the ever-changing browser landscape, we needed to make some tough decisions as to which browsers and versions are going to be deemed ...
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Oracle APEX development and multiple developers/branches

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Today, I observed an exchange inside of Oracle about a topic that comes up from time to time.  And it has to do with the development of AP...
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Thursday, January 07, 2016

If you're new to the APEX community, here are some tips to get engaged

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Last night (January 6, 2016) we had our first-in-2016 APEX Meetup meeting in Columbus, Ohio, USA .  For being on short notice, we had a nice...