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Wrox Programmer to Programmer TM

Beginning

Oracle

Greenwald

®

Application Express

Who this b ook is f or

This book is for Access developers looking to step up to a more
scalable and reliable environment, with reduced maintenance
overhead and greater integration between application systems.

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ISBN: 978-0-470-38837-2

Beginning

®

By the end of this book, you’ll have a strong understanding
of Oracle APEX and the world of Oracle technology, which will
enable you to build your own applications and create further
refinements that meet your reporting needs.

● Steps to ensure that users enter correct data while using your
applications
● The powerful and flexible reports you can create with Oracle
APEX
● Advanced options for customizing user interfaces
● Techniques for using the power of PL/SQL to extend the logic
in your application
● Ways to implement security for your APEX environment
● The options for deploying an APEX application to another
environment
● How to migrate applications from Microsoft® Access® to
Oracle Application Express

Oracle

Highly respected Oracle expert Rick Greenwald begins by
giving you the necessary tools to build a useable order entry
system. He then explains how to enhance the system with
reports, charts, themes, and templates. You’ll also find out
how to use packaged applications and work with multiple
applications and you’ll learn how to migrate and integrate
data with the Oracle environment.

What you will learn from this book

Application Exp ress

Even if you have limited programming experience, this
hands-on guide will get you up and running quickly with
Oracle Application Express (APEX). It covers the concepts and
practical steps involved in building a web application from the
ground up using Oracle APEX. You’ll discover how to progress
through the complete development process with the help of
detailed instructions on creating, customizing, and extending
an Oracle database application.

Beginning

Oracle

®

Application
Express

Rick Greenwald

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Beginning O racle® A pplication E x pres s
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Part I: Introducing Oracle Application Express
Chapter 1: Welcome to Oracle! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Part II: Building an Application with Application Express
Chapter 2 : J umpstart Oracle Application Express. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3: E xtending Your APEX Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 4: Validation, C alculation, N avigation, and Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Chapter 5: Reporting and Charting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Chapter 6: C omponents Working Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Chapter 7: C ustomizing User Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Chapter 8 : PL/SQL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Chapter 9 : Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Part III: Deploying the Application
Chapter 10: D eployment and Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Chapter 11: Packaged Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Chapter 12: M igration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

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workspaces
triggers, 2 50

creating, 252–257
enabling, 256
INSTEAD OF triggers, 250
mutating, 254
summarizing, 255

U

Unit_Price, 1 51
update keyword, 2 53
UPDATE statement, 1 29
updating rows, s cripts and, 1 28–134
uploading, from Excel spreadsheets, 6
URL s, A PEX, 1 80
user groups, 2 87
user interface

columns, 230
defaults, changing, 225–230
LOVs and, 70
user interface options, LO Vs and, 6 9
users

accounts, locked, 272
ADMIN, 272
creating, 269–274

defining, 277
development environment, access, 272
moving directly to application, 273
navigating database, 42
preventing from entering incorrect data, 72
Utilities icon, 2 0

V

validation, 8 7

button presses and, 91, 92
conditions, 91
credit check validation, 263–265
credit limit and, 260
failed, indicators, 93
PL/SQL computation, 248–249
PL/SQL expressions, 89
rules, 88–93
sequence, 89
SQL statements, 89
syntax, 91
totals, 260
types, 89

Validation Wizard, 8 8

validation name, 89
validation sequence, 89
values

default values, 64–65
limiting, 66
list of values (LOV), creating, 66–69
passing to interactive reports, 178
properties, 6
retrieving with SQL, credit limit and, 261
VARCHAR2 column, 1 26
variables

bind, 91, 178
credit limit and, 260
PL/SQL, computations, 245–246
version tracking, 2 94
views, A PEX V iews, 3 13–314

W–Z

Web Services Integration, 3 26
web sites, s cript files, 1 3
When B utton Pressed branching attribute, 1 04
width of fields, 2 19
windows, O bject B rowser, 2 5
wizards, 6 , 2 6

Application Creation Wizard, 27
Breadcrumb Entry, 185
Button Creation, 107
Chart Query, 175
Dynamic LOV, 191

Migration Wizard, 332
Page Creation, 111–112
Report, 138
Report Creation, 136
Trigger Creation, 256
wizard-driven interfaces, 114
workspace administration

Application Builder Defaults, 308–309
application models, 309–311
reports, 311–313
workspaces

administrators, 308
creating, migration and, 341
multiple, 10

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