Podcast recommendation: SGU
Another item on my backlog is getting up to date on my favourite podcasts. I've got a post drafted that lists my recommendations, but if you're looking for a fun, well produced science podcast then go...
View ArticleMy Kscope15 sessions
My Kscope15 sessions are now available on my presentations page.I linked to the Prezi version as they don't translate well to PDF, as those of you who tried downloading off the Kscope mobile app may...
View ArticlePerth - Free 1/2 day Education Event
Thanks to Sage Computing Services, AUSOUG are hosting a free 1/2 day education event for it's members.Join us Wednesday 19th August, 2015 at the Duxton Hotel from 2:30pm to be regaled with tales of...
View ArticleThursday Thought: Boredom
Do you ever get bored? I do.What do you do when you're bored? I eat. I think. I watch.Sometimes I play on my phone. I whip it out, play some quizzes, read some feeds, send a text.What I prefer to do is...
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APEX 5 Colour Contrast
During the APEX 5 early adopter I remember a bit of discussion going around regarding the colour contrast.I would have been one of the complainers, and it's one topic I forgot to raise with the team...
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APEX blogger from Iran
At Kscope I felt geographically isolated, but I was impressed with all the second language speakers attending.I can only speak one language, and some would argue I don't do well at that - but people...
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APEX 5.0 Change page in Search bar
One of my favourite features in APEX 4.x was the search bar, often not actually for searching but for opening another page by typing the page number, particularly coming from shared components.APEX 4.x...
View ArticleKylie is Dancing with Oracle
Almost five years ago I introduced Kylie to our little Sage flock.Now she ventures into the world of blogging. She'll no doubt talk about Oracle development in some form, either SQL, PL/SQL, APEX, or...
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APEX 5 Changing region type
APEX 5 change region typeIf only to further emphasise some of the fundamental rebuilds APEX 5 must have undertaken, look at the ability to switch region types.Prior to APEX 5.0, we could migrate a...
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Inaugural Developer Choice Awards
Can you think of anyone worthy of being recognised in the following areas?Developer Choice Awards CategoriesToday is the last day for nominations, so visit the website and nominate the first person you...
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APEX 5 Source Used attribute - tolerating less mistakes
If you've upgraded to APEX 5 and find yourself with an error complaining about the 'Source Used' attribute:APEX.SESSION_STATE.DB_COLUMN_SOURCE_USEDthen you should thank APEX 5 for finding (and no...
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APEX 5 Verify Theme Subscription
I was attempting to replicate the navigation bar example from the Opportunity Tracker application and I noticed my application was missing icons from the sub list dropping off the username.Icons in...
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APEX 5 Change Workspace Authentication
APEX has provided the ability to authenticate your application users against an LDAP server for quite some time.APEX 5 now provides us the ability to change how we log into the development builder...
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Review: The Martian
I think we have a new genre of films for those consumers yearning for science and exploration.First Gravitytook us on a cinematographic journey into low earth orbit.Then Interstellartook us on an...
View ArticleGenerating JSON from SQL cursor
It appears there will be a good 1001 uses for the APEX_JSON package in APEX 5, here is one of them.Previously I had an AJAX PL/SQL callback that returned a relatively simple JSON string, using the...
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The Oracle Development Community is Buzzing
I don't know about you, but it sure seems like a fire was lit somewhere in Oracle and now there are all sorts of things going on in the development community.We've had some discussions about this over...
View ArticleAPEX 5.1 revised SOD and apex.world
Two big announcements, one awesome product.Statement of DirectionToday I think David Peake saw the wave generated by the announcement of apex.world and decided to also announce a revised Statement of...
View ArticlePermission to board, apex.world
Let's see, what happened in the last 24 hours or so?apex.world announced, everyone feeling the awesome.I joined slack, I must say the curiosity rover self portrait helped sway my decision.Got involved...
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ODTUG APEX Gaming competition submission - Boggex
This post announces my humble attempt for the ODTUG APEX Gaming Competition 2015.You can play the game yourself athttps://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=boggexThe about section allows you to download the...
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Introducing Slack to the Oracle APEX community
If you're like me, the first time you ever heard of Slack was when you checked out apex.world launch last month.Since then I've signed up, had a play, interacted with people and with the support of...
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