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Difference between SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting
I came across a tweet from a non-Oracle person I follow that should amuse many web developers:Ordered under what name? #wahckonpic.twitter.com/MftW2r8OK5— Dan Buzzard (@DanBuzzard) May 1, 2016One of...
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Small tip: Align button in UT
Ever had this problem where your button is offset to page items?Item / Button misalignmentWhile the Universal Theme is awesome, it hasn't quite got everything right. I look forward to trying the...
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More on CSS selector performance in Oracle APEX
Last month I wrote a post about CSS performance, including some performance test results.I recently encountered this brilliant post on Medium that describes some best practices for CSS.While APEX does...
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APEX Survey Results: What development resources?
The next question in my 2015 survey was a high level look at what resources developers use to get through your day.On a slightly side note, there was an interesting discussion on the science of...
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APEX Survey Results: Which browser for development?
Next question in my 2015 survey, how many different ways can we all type "chrome"?Q4: Which browser do you use for development?The first free text question, with a long variety of unique results. I...
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Synchronous Dynamic Actions in APEX 5.1
If you've ever used a PL/SQL dynamic action with the default 'wait for result', you would have seen the following warning if you have the browser console open.Text for bots: Synchronous XMLHttpRequest...
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Charting Predictions, al a AskTom
The 'grand algorithm' favoured this particular tweet from Connor McDonald in my 'highlights'.Use regression functions in Oracle to do basic forecasts https://t.co/gaKGHafJaQ— Connor McDonald...
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Hide nulls in Value Attribute Pairs report
If you have one record where you want to display multiple columns of information, the 'Value Attribute Pairs - column' report template is pretty nifty.Some of the packaged applications use this within...
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Have fun #KScope16
Full and utter credit goes to the gang at CommitStrip, you should check it out.http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/06/20/coder-bingo/I thought a few choice replacements would help Joel Kallman and team...
View ArticleCOALESCE vs NVL poll
Saddened but not surprised to see COALESCE lagging behind NVL.Weekend #SQL poll: when mapping binds/columns that could contain nulls to non-nulls do you use:— SQL Daily (@sqldaily) July 1, 2016Why?...
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APEX Survey Results: Editing Tools
Another preference question in my 2015 survey.Q5: What editing tools do you use for PL/SQL and JavaScriptThat Jeff Smith fellow should be pretty happy with the top result, but almost half of the...
View ArticleWhat should I know about SQL?
Chris Saxon from the Developer Advocates group asked the following question on Twitter.What three things do you think every developer must know about #SQL ?Reply and share yours!— Chris Saxon...
View ArticleApplication Item Prefix Usage
I was constructing a fresh app for a presentation idea and I came to think about the prefix people use for Application Items in Oracle APEX.I've seen a few variations used, and upon asking the question...
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How to debug stuff in Oracle APEX
Recently a fine young gentleman, who shall remain nameless (let's call him Jerry), asked for some assistance he was getting with an error in Oracle APEX.He had done all the right things in regard to...
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APEX Survey Results: Instrumentation / Debugging
This question from my 2015 survey may pique curiosity among some APEX developers.Q6: How do you instrument your code?Hopefully those in the 22% who do not add instrumentation just didn't understand the...
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Users still double click buttons
Despite web pages having been around for quite some time, and users have been given years of affordance, people still double click on links & buttons in web pages.This can cause a few issues in an...
View ArticleAPEX Survey Results: Workspace Activity Log
This question in my 2015 survey relates to built-in instrumentation.Q7. Do you utilise apex_workspace_activity_log (for monitoring/reporting application usage)?Yes (90) 47%No (102) 53%This log table...
View ArticleExtend column tooltip to table cell
Quite sometime ago while still on 3.x I described a simple way to add tooltips in a report using standard HTML in a HTML Expression.<span title="#RECENT_NOTE#">#MY_COLUMN#</span>However, it...
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Show report tooltip as notification
Last week I described a method to make the tooltip on information more accessible to the end user.Here is how you could make the same information available to touchscreen users.1) First step, as...
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Show report tooltip as notification
Last week I described a method to make the tooltip on information more accessible to the end user.Here is how you could make the same information available to touchscreen users.1) First step, as...
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