Import an existing database and APEX app into the Oracle APEX Application...
This post is part of the series My spin on the new Oracle APEX Application Development Service. In the previous post, we set up the environment which provided us everything to start building Oracle...
View ArticleThe Best Rich Text / HTML Editor for Oracle APEX
One of the first bigger public applications I built in Oracle APEX was the website and backend for a flight school (in 2006). It was a little Content Management System (CMS), so the secretary of the...
View ArticleWhich one to pick: Free APEX Service vs Free Oracle Autonomous DB
I'm a big fan of the Free Oracle Cloud as it allows Oracle APEX, Oracle Database, web developers, or more generally, everybody, to get started doing their thing. If you want to get going, I previously...
View ArticleSetup the APEX Office Print (AOP) Server with the Oracle Cloud APEX Service
This post is part of the series My spin on the new Oracle APEX Application Development Service.To print and export data from the APEX Service in the Oracle Cloud, you can use APEX Office Print...
View ArticleIn memory of Joel Kallman
On May 26th, now a few days ago, the world stood still for a moment for me. When I read that Joel passed away, I didn't know how to deal with it. If it's already hard for me, what about his family and...
View ArticleUpgrading Oracle APEX has never been easier
On May 12th Oracle APEX 21.1 was released. This post is not about why Oracle APEX 21.1 is worth an upgrade. You can see for yourself if you like the improvements in the Release Notes. Some companies...
View ArticleHave extra EURO 2020 fun with this Oracle APEX app
For the last 15 years, with every big football tournament (World Cup and Euro Cup), we've launched an Oracle APEX app where you can predict the scores of the games. You can find this year's app at...
View ArticleHiding spinning icon in APEX 21.1 Modal Dialog
An AOP customer wrote us that when opening a PDF in a Modal Dialog the spinning icon didn't disappear automatically anymore in Oracle APEX 21.1, whereas it did before. I created a use case but saw it...
View ArticleOracle APEX Support from 5 years to 3 years #JoelKallmanDay
If you are still running Oracle APEX 5.1, it might be time to schedule an upgrade. Support is running out at the end of the year. Does it mean you can't use Oracle APEX 5.1 after December 2011? No, not...
View ArticleOracle APEX 21.2: some things to unlearn
A few days ago Oracle Application Express (APEX) 21.2 was released. You can now upgrade your own environment with this new release. With every new release, it's important to look at the Release Notes....
View ArticleExport multiple tables to one Excel with different sheets in Oracle APEX
Today there was a question on how to export data from the Oracle Database and Oracle APEX into one Excel file with multiple sheets. Each sheet contains data from a different table.With APEX Office...
View ArticleNo value of a page item when using a Dynamic Action
Sometimes you expect to see some data in your Oracle APEX application and it's not there... in this post I will describe one use case I see more often and how to solve it.We have a report which shows...
View ArticleOracle APEX Form: Save before Print
In almost every Oracle APEX application I create a Report with Form to edit the data.On this Form many people add a Print button to generate a document for this specific record.From time to time I get...
View ArticleOracle APEX: Use saved report name of Interactive Report in Export
Recently there was a question on Twitter about how to use the saved report name in an export of an Interactive Report in Oracle APEX. First, if you never heard of APEX Office Print (AOP), or in short,...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2022 Challenge online!
For the last 16 years, with every big football tournament (World Cup and Euro Cup), we've launched an Oracle APEX app where you can predict the scores of the games. You can find this year's app at...
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