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SQL Analytics 101 - Break columns
SQL analytics can be used to generate break columns in your queries, without the need for break formatting attributes in APEX or the old fashioned break on option in SQL*Plus.I came across an example...
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SQL Analytics provides a fairly simple mechanism for determining positional rank within a set of results.Before I demonstrate that query - which is already found in manygoodlibrariesĀ - I thought I'd...
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APEX 5 EA 2 is almost upon us
KScope14 is just days away from kicking off and hours after I realised the live stream of Patrick Wolf's APEX 5.0 Page DesignerĀ presentation was actually at a reasonable Perth hour (9:30pm), I found...
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Oracle APEX 5 EA2 ready for consumption
After last night's teaser I thought I'd try apexea.oracle.com again to see if EA2 was ready, and it is!and it looks darn sexyConfirmed in Twitter by some big-wig APEX dude at OracleJust in time for...
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For those not at Kscope14
Geographical, monetary or otherwise - some of us simply can't make it to the conference every Oracle developer should do at least once, or so I've heard.For those of us stuck at home we do have some...
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Two milestones, one offer
I stumbled across a blogging milestone while fact checking what I was going to open this post with - for me this month represents 5 years of blogging.In that time I've learnt heaps, met new people,...
View ArticleThursday Thought - History & Creativity
My sister sent me this video not long after my daughter was born earlier this year - I finally watched it while cleaning up e-mails and I'm glad I did - I highly recommend you all take 2 minutes aside...
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Returning BLOB file size
Occasionally I'll want some form of report noting file sizes of blobs in a database.The solution is relatively simple, and I thought I'd write it up here for a place to copy syntax each time.APEX users...
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Order APEX column based on hidden data
An occasional question in the forums relates to issues ordering a particular column. It's one of those things that will probably keep coming up, so it's worth having another reference out here on the...
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APEX Printer Friendliness using CSS Media Queries
In the projects I've been involved with I've rarely seen it used, but there is a ninth argument in the f?p= syntax that toggles Printer Friendly mode.Side note - being the space geek I am this reminded...
View ArticleCase sensitivities and making JavaScript more like PL/SQL
Yesterday the Anti-Kyte (a.k.a. Mike) published a great post on coding styles. I started to post a comment but ended up rambling to I thought I'd put my thoughts here.I can't be one to comment on...
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Demystifying Oracle Unpivot
A couple of years ago I posted a simple example using PIVOT, converting rows to columns with the classic example of figures by months.Oracle 11g R1 also introduced theĀ UNPIVOT function, allowing...
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OTech Magazine Issue 4 - APEX 5 and much more
Well it's the second half of August and this is my first real post for the month. There are two very good reasons for this:1) We've just completed a major implementation at one of our clients - a...
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Birds don't make the best ornithologists
This week I listened to episode 44 of one of my favourite podcasts - Inquiring Minds. It was an interview with David Epstein on the 'science of athletes'.The podcast culminated with some really...
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Using Post-Authentication to run process after APEX login
A frequent requirement, and hence frequent question on the forums isHow do I run procedure x after the user has logged in?This is often required for such tasks as determining user access, such as...
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Leisure Suit Larry Ellison
Larry EllisonĀ 1978So at 70 years of age, the man who's been heading Oracle since before I was born is stepping down.While I admit I'm far removed from the reality of the situation, I find it a little...
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APEX 5 imminent?
It seems the release of APEX 5 is due within hours - just in time for OOW weekend.To quote Anton hereApex 5.0 is going to be released in a couple of hoursIt's a long weekend here in Perth, and I have a...
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APEX 5 not so near
It seems I may have jumped the gun a little.Idioms - the bane of ESL speakers?Reading Anton's comment on a Friday afternoon got me a little too excited - upon reading it again Tuesday (we had a long...
View ArticleThe moon is a sphere
I was fairly excited at the prospect of seeing tonight's lunar eclipse but I neglected to take into account not being able to see the eastern horizon from my house.I missed most of the total but...
View ArticlePL/SQL Challenge Roundtable
Do you write PL/SQL? Me too!Trouble is, sometimes it's hard to decide how to structure your packages - particularly in an APEX project. Over at the PL/SQL Challenge website run by Steven Feuerstein and...
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