George Hrab @TEDx Rethinking Doubt
I realise the Internet is a big place, so if you haven't heard of the TED talks then I recommend you head over and check it out.They're limited length talks about amazing things people are doing,...
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Customising APEX 5.0 workspace login
A few years ago Peter Raganitsch showed us how to customise the workspace login page in APEX 4.x.I think it's even easier in APEX 5.0, though it looks pretty slick already.Here is the solution I shared...
View ArticleKscope ODTUG Interview
The ODTUG booth at Kscope15 had a permanent spot for interviews, and they can all be found on the ODTUG channel.Martin interviewed me, and here it is, with embarrassing front still and all.If you want...
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Book: Pro jQuery in Oracle APEX
The word on the street is my book is now available.If you like using dynamic actions in APEX and want to learn how to use jQuery selectors effectively, this book is for you.If you want more flexibility...
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Tutorial: Include action button in report
In reality, this 'add' button could represent any action you would like in a report that would execute PL/SQL upon press of a row level button.In this example I click on a button in a report to add the...
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Calling PL/SQL from JavaScript in APEX
When I first wrote Chapter 9 of my book, Choosing Processing Options, I knew I still had a lot of research and experimentation to do, particularly regarding the async parameter. Below is a summary of...
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2015 Blog Review
Time for my look back on 2015 and what I might aim for in the coming orbit around the sun. The highlighted word is dedicated to the #flatearth people I've been conversing with on Twitter recently....
View ArticleTalking SQL Analytics with Connor
In about 22 hours I'll be talking with Oracle Developer Advocate (or the southern/eastern hemisphere AskTom adjunct) Connor McDonald about one of my favourite part of Oracle, being SQL Analytics.If you...
View ArticleSimple Unpivot
I came across the need for an UNPIVOT today that require fairly basic syntax, so this is me noting it for later. A single column unpivot, not multiple.I had a discrete set of values in local variables...
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SQL Analytics in every day APEX
Looking for way to apply analytical functions to your APEX applications?I had a classic report where I wanted to dynamically source the column headers from counts in the database (values in...
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About CSS Selectors
Recently I saw a simple, accepted answer in the forums that tempted me to provide a small extension to the provided answer. This has since spawned two blog post ideas, here is the first.BackgroundThe...
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Analytics in APEX Charts - Moving Average
Consider a chart with a trend that might be quite jagged across data points (blue line).What if you would like a smoother version of that line - a moving average, if you will (red line). This...
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On asking questions on APEX forums
I'm a regular contributor to the Oracle APEX forum and something I'd like to note is the amount of questions that possibly wouldn't need to be asked if one had consulted the help of the attribute in...
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Training: jQuery and Dynamic Actions in APEX
Sage Computing Services are happy to announce a new 2 day course for Oracle APEX developers.jQuery and Dynamic Actions in APEXThis course is designed for APEX developers who know their way around the...
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Improving PL/SQL performance in APEX
One of the simplest tuning techniques to encapsulate PL/SQL used in APEX within packages, minimising the size of anonymous blocks. This applies to any PL/SQL within the page, including computations,...
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On CSS/jQuery Selector Performance
My post describing the use of a simple selector identifying page spinners was originally going to be about performance, then I learned something I found very interesting.I likened what I learned to Tom...
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APEX Survey Results: When did you start learning APEX?
Early last year I put the call out to #orclapex developers, asking them to fill out some questions in survey (using a packaged APEX application, of course).The results helped contribute to a...
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APEX Page Numbering
Today while perusing posts in the #orclapex hashtag, I came across this from Christina Moore.#orclapex Get lazy managing menu lists with sql. https://t.co/ai7264cldn— Christina Moore (@cmoore_sp) May...
View ArticlePuzzle: What's my birthday?
I was lucky enough to attend a 'Let's Talk Oracle' session from Canberran Richard Foote today diving into AWR.After an early dad joke and before we got into his AWR collection, we gave this brain...
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APEX Survey Results: Which versions have you experienced?
Following up from the results on when you started learning APEX, here is question 2 from my 2015 survey.Note that questions such as this offered the respondent to choose multiple selections, hence a...
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