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Jan 6, 2020 4:03:14 PM

Datacentre Exit (DExit): Making Enterprises Great Again!

Datacentre strategies, or at least the sentiment of strategies, can be likened to the rhetoric of Brexit. More and more, I am seeing organisations that have mandated a Cloud only..

Dec 9, 2019 12:53:11 PM

Developing Secure Web Applications with APEX and ApexSec

A very common question asked is ‘Is APEX Secure?’ and Joel Kallman from Oracle addressed this topic here, the post is a few years old now but it still applies today. There are two..

Oct 24, 2019 10:52:08 AM

PL/PDF – PDF Images

Continuing the blog series about PL/PDF, this blog is all about adding images to a PDF report. In this first step, we are going to create a page cover and add this image.

Oct 23, 2019 1:45:15 PM

Latest News from Oracle (October)

Rewind the clock to New Years Eve 2018 and if anyone had said to me that in 2019 Oracle would announce new and meaningful partnerships with Microsoft and VMware for Cloud..

Oct 8, 2019 2:13:56 PM

Can I Generate PDFs from APEX in the Always Free Oracle Cloud?

Oct 8, 2019 10:44:04 AM

Time is running out: Do you have a plan for your Oracle Reports?

In a previous blog, I mentioned how Oracle Reports is now deprecated as of Fusion Middleware 12c Release 2 (12.2.1.3). This means no more new releases of Oracle Reports will be..

Oct 7, 2019 11:04:14 AM

Oracle Forms 12.2 New Features

For those looking to upgrade to the latest Oracle Forms version, here is a brief look at some of the notable new features introduced in the latest versions, 12.2.1.3 and 12.2.1.4...

Oct 7, 2019 9:47:38 AM

How Do I Access My Free Oracle Cloud Database

If you have created a free database in the new Always Free Oracle Cloud Tier, you can use the provided web version of SQL Developer to gain access to your schemas for development.

Sep 30, 2019 9:07:56 AM

A Reference APEX Application for APEX_IR.GET_REPORT

On occasion, I encounter the need to use APEX_IR.GET_REPORT and I thought it would be a good idea to create a reference APEX application that includes handy examples which I can..

Sep 30, 2019 9:07:27 AM

PL/PDF – Code Reuse

When it comes to generating PDF reports, there are some options available. However, in the real world it is not just about generating simple PDFs, it is about being powerful and..