E-Business Suite and APEX integration using Views

| Feb 3, 2012 04:38 +0000

Integrating APEX and EBS by using views is one of the easiest solutions (at first sight!).This is the first scenario, where I have an APEX application and I want to integrate with data sitting in EBS.Pre-requisites:APEX is installed in the same databas…

E-Business Suite and APEX integration (overview)

| Feb 2, 2012 04:41 +0000

For me there are two main use cases to integrate Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) with Oracle Application Express (APEX):In my APEX application I want to include/integrate data that exist in EBSe.g. I want to include my employees that are in EBS HRThe EBS…

The Art of Self-preservation

| Jan 30, 2012 12:55 +0000

This post is aimed at all those poor souls that find themselves facing Oracle ADF coming from a PL/SQL background (Forms, APEX or plain old database development).Normal First ReactionsDespair. Most of us have felt it in the beginning, and it is conside…

APEX and eBusiness (EBS or APPs)

Traditionally EBS-extensions are built in tools like Oracle Forms, Reports and BI Publisher. Most E-Business developers master these traditional skills (e.g. PL/SQL, workflow).
Oracle now propagates a shift towards Java (Oracle Applications Framework (…

Slider plug-in with images from table

| Jan 26, 2012 15:32 +0000

I added a new example for the slider plug-in:http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=65560:12In the new example I show the slider selecting the image from a table column.This is the select I use:selectIMG_ID as id,’#OWNER#.aaw_img_display?p_img_id=’ || to_…

Sparklines für APEX

| Jan 26, 2012 14:48 +0000

Ich habe in den letzten Tagen meine Plugin-Applikation aktualisiert. Neben den altbewährten Beispielen, findet Ihr nun auch die Integration von Sparklines und eines Image Slider Beispiels.Das Image Slider Plugin geht im Zuge meines DOAG Artikels onlin…

Updated Statement of Direction

| Jan 26, 2012 13:33 +0000

…Of sorts. Actually, I did not even know I had one until now. But here goes:My long absence from this blog are based on all the right reasons. Family. Life. You know, the things that matters. And some reasons slightly off. Like ADF. Yup, Oracle Appli…

Oracle Learning Library Mobile

| Jan 26, 2012 06:32 +0000

The Oracle Learning Library team recently rolled out their new mobile application.  If you go to http://www.oracle.com/oll, you should see a mobile icon in the upper left.  Or you can simply bookmark this link on your mobile device.As I discussed in …

Navigation examples

| Jan 25, 2012 14:34 +0000

After cleaning up my old APEX applications I found a nice example application about navigation solutions inside APEX. Have a look here: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=66001:1/* ———————————————————————-…

jExpand example

| Jan 25, 2012 14:34 +0000

Another simple example to show how the jExpand report looks inside APEX:http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=66002:1/* ———————————————————————————————————————————— *…

Next image plug-in?

| Jan 25, 2012 14:34 +0000

After I created the source for the image slider plug-in. I think I can use it for any slider/gallery technique I like.Now I’m thinking which jQuery image solution could be the next APEX plug-in?What do you think? Or do you even have a better idea? http…

E-Business Suite and APEX installation

| Jan 25, 2012 08:05 +0000

Before doing the integration of Oracle Application Express (APEX) with E-Business Suite (EBs) you need to have both environments installed. The Oracle white paper talks about the installation of APEX, but not about installing E-Business Suite.The white…

Jouw toekomst als Oracle professional – AMIS !!EXTRA!! informatieavond over jouw ontwikkelingspad

Als je dit leest en je bent Oracle professional – ontwikkelaar of administrator – is de kans groot dat je jouw carriere bent gestart in de jaren ‘90, in het tijdperk van Oracle7, Oracle Forms en Client/Server applicaties – net voor de opkomst v…

Gnome 3 Rant (and fix for modal dialogs)

| Jan 23, 2012 15:28 +0000

Back in the Gnome 2 days I used to love using Linux as my main developer machine but since Ubuntu and Gnome decided to build a mobile/cell phone interface for desktop PCs its gone back to the dark old days.

After Ubuntu switched to Unity I decided to …

Create a calendar item returning week numbers

When you use the built-in jQuery UI datepicker in your APEX page, you choose from a number of different format masks…but something with “week” is not one of them. And guess what I needed for recent project…
But, the good news is, you can (rather ea…