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Jun 16, 2015 10:03:46 AM

Generating JSON in APEX 5.0

In a previous blog I outlined how with APEX 5.0 you can now use the APEX_JSON package to parse JSON responses in your APEX application. For this blog I will show you how easy it..

May 20, 2015 3:33:15 PM

The Benefits of APEX for Small Development Teams

I recently completed a piece of work which really shows the benefits of adopting APEX within a company with a small development team.

May 20, 2015 3:05:44 PM

Accessing values from the left hand side of an APEX Shuttle

In APEX, the value of the shuttle item is a colon delimited string representing the contents of the right hand side.

May 13, 2015 11:17:24 AM

Creating an Address Search in APEX

I recently had a request to implement a comprehensive UK address search in an APEX application without using a dedicated API such as the Royal Mail PAF. The first place I looked..

May 5, 2015 10:00:35 AM

Apex 5.0 from Early Adopter to Production

I wrote a blog in September 2014 about what I thought of the early adopter release of APEX 5.0 and have been using APEX 5.0 ever since. I thought it would be a good idea to take a..

Apr 27, 2015 10:00:03 AM

Creating a Modal Dialog in APEX 5.0

Modal dialogs are a useful feature for all kinds of APEX applications and with the release of APEX 5, they are supported natively. You can easily implement one as part of a “Form..

Apr 20, 2015 10:00:50 AM

Considerations Upgrading Applications to APEX 5.0

In April 2015, Joel Kallman, the Director of Software Development for Oracle APEX, successfully upgraded the asktom.oracle.com web site to APEX 5 without making any changes.

Apr 13, 2015 10:00:40 AM

The updated APEX 5.0 Rich Text Editor Part 2

Since the publication of our blog “The updated APEX 5.0 Rich Text Editor” which featured the Rich Text Editor in EA3 we have subsequently seen the launch of APEX 5.0..

Apr 7, 2015 10:00:42 AM

JavaScript Debugging in APEX 5 (at last)

In APEX 4.2, I would debug JavaScript code using the alert() function. I would use this to show information about variables and the steps taken through code.

Mar 30, 2015 9:58:29 AM

Component Level Authorization in APEX 5.0

In APEX 4.2, whenever I need to apply an Authorization Scheme to components of a page I tend to create tables for roles, privileges, a role_privilege linker table and usually a..