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Apr 11, 2018 12:23:17 PM

New REST features of 18.1 (Early Adopter 2)

I recently published a set of blogs on the subject of ORDS, Outh2 and Web Services in APEX 5.1. In part three (available here) I detailed how to use a REST Service as the source..

Mar 21, 2018 10:21:15 AM

Oracle Cloud: Universal Credits. What you need to know…

In September 2017, Oracle announced a change to their Cloud pricing and transaction model for end users and partners alike. The change was born out of poor customer experience..

Mar 8, 2018 11:42:31 AM

APEX Developer Mode

When I used to work with Oracle Forms, the company I worked for used to grant users on the development environment with a special role which provided enhanced access to many areas..

Feb 16, 2018 11:03:45 AM

Interactive Grid Column Read Only Control

Find out how we can help you build solutions using Oracle APEX with our award-winning application development and consultancy services. I thought it would be interesting to share..

Feb 12, 2018 8:58:34 AM

APEX Interactive Grid: Preventing Lost Updates & Record Locking

Find out how we can help you build solutions using Oracle APEX with our award-winning application development and consultancy services. I was recently asked about the Interactive..

Jan 24, 2018 3:51:49 PM

Querying an Oracle Database Using Amazon Alexa

At the UKOUG Tech17 conference last year, I delivered a presentation called APEX and the Internet of Things. As part of this presentation, I wanted to demonstrate how to query the..

Jan 17, 2018 10:33:39 AM

Introducing APEX TabLock

A little side project of mine is developing new features for a chrome extension which provides extra functionality for the APEX developer.

Jan 11, 2018 10:34:01 AM

ORDS, OAuth2 & Web Services in APEX – Part 3

Calling Web Services from APEX The following blog will show you how to call GET method Web Service from an APEX 5.1 application and extract the response data. It will also show..

Dec 21, 2017 10:07:04 AM

Options For Loading Excel Data Into APEX Applications

Excel is still widely used across many organisations as a standard reporting tool, often being used as a substitute for small databases. As a consequence, it has become necessary..

Dec 14, 2017 1:55:27 PM

Oracle Forms – The venerable statesman with a cloudy future

Back in August 2015 I wrote a blog titled ‘The Future of Forms’ and a colleague of mine, Jon Lingard, followed this up in December 2015 by writing a continuation based upon his..