Developers like views…they can simplify things and hide (protect us from) underlying complexity. For example, would you rather write the query – SELECT ename, department_name FROM emp_vw or SELECT e.ename, d.dname FROM emp e, dept d WHERE e.deptno = d.deptno; It’s a rhetorical question so please don’t say “I prefer the second”…otherwise there’s no point [...]
Joel Kallman just posted that Oracle are in the process of creating a certification exam for Oracle Application Express, this is a very interesting development (and something that we in the community have discussed for a few years now). Whilst I’m still on the fence about the whole ‘certification thing’, I do see this as [...]
Well it’s been a long time in the making, but the Pro Oracle Application Express book that I wrote (with a chapter on Themes and Templates contributed by Scott Spendolini) is finally shipping! I started working on the book way back and it seems barely a week has gone by since when I haven’t been [...]
The recent OTN Forums update has been heavily blogged/Twittered/posted about already, so I’m not even going to touch that one. However, one thing that a few people have focused on (pardon the pun) is that the update has changed the way that viewed threads are displayed in a very light grey colour, making them a [...]
I was glancing through the list of fixed bugs in the Apex 3.1.2 release and noticed that one of my long time ‘annoyances’ has been fixed. Many people have had problems getting their Apex applications indexed by Google and other search engines. One of the reasons for this was that Google (and other search engines) [...]
Hot off the press, Application Express version 3.1.2 has just been released. The link to the direct download is here, if you’re upgrading via the patchset on Metalink then the patch number is 7313609. You can find more details about the patch here. There looks like quite a few fixed bugs (it’s always hard to [...]
Even though it only seems like a few months since we were in the Cow Palace listening to Billy Joel, Oracle OpenWorld 2008 is just a few weeks away. There are lots of Apex sessions going on at OOW this year, it seems to increase every year (in the 3 years I’ve been going to [...]
Just a quick post to say that I am doing a 2-Day Advanced Application Express Seminar in London on the 1st and 2nd of October. This seminar is being organized by Oracle University and you can enroll here. The next few weeks and months are extremely hectic, but I’m really looking forward to this seminar. [...]
I was just browsing through the iTunes Application Store and noticed this application – Hmm, I guess that really makes me a geek huh? I get to look at the iPhone apps and the first one I look for is an Oracle related one. Of course, being an Application Express fan, I’ve been used to [...]
I had to get up early (about 4am friday morning UK time) to catch my first flight on the journey over to New Orleans for ODTUG 2008, I got to the airport with plenty of time to spare, everything was going well…or so I thought. If you travel often enough, then sometimes you’re going to [...]
