You have probably noticed that this blog has been very quite for the last few months… Well, there is a reason for that. Apart from the books that I’ve been involved in writing, we at Sumneva been working feverishly to put the finishing touches on our first product, sumnevaSERT. And today, we release it into the wild. And with all …
APEX 4.1 Early Adopter Available.
The APEX team has once again surpassed expectations and has released the Early Adopter version or APEX 4.1 on http://tryaxpexnow.com. A list of what’s new appears in the Feature Description application, but both Joel Kallman and David Peake warn that there is likely to be more in the final production release. After having a look at the features, here are …
Beginning Oracle Application Express 4
That’s the title of the book I’ve agreed to write for APRESS, or at least the working title. The book will be aimed at new comers to Application Express, introducing them to the environment via the development of a full system and using as many of the new features as possible. However, I’m hoping that it will be useful for …
Refreshing Flash Charts with AJAX.
NOTE: This post makes use of internal APEX JavaScript that is not part of the standard public API’s. Therefore it is likely not supported, so use at your own risk! ————————– Yesterday, I ran across this post on the OTN APEX Forums. The problem was basically this. Say you have a chart which you want to refresh each time someone …
Warning a user that the form has changed he navigates away without saving.
For those of you who haven’t visited the new Sumneva.com site, here’s an excuse. We’ve added a Tips & Tricks section on the Support tab where we will be sharing little tid-bits of information that we learn as we work with APEX. Our goal is to try to continually add new entries and make this a repository of useful information. …
ODTUG Kaleidoscope – The countdown begins…
As many of you know, ODTUG Kaleidoscope runs from June 21-25 in Monterey, California. Topics covered will range from Essbase and Hyperion, BI and Data Warehousing, SOA, BPM to my favorite, Application Express. This year there are over 40+ APEX related presentations, a number of which will be presented by Oracle ACE and ACE DIRECTORS. Pretty exciting stuff if you’re …
JavaScript and Dates.
If you’ve ever tried to work with date manipulation and formatting in JavaScript, then you know what a hassle it can be. While trying to solve a particularly itchy problem with dates, I ran across this post by Steven Levithan that everyone should be aware of. He’s put together a very nice little Java Script library that lets you format …
ApExPOSED 2008 – T-1 day and counting or “Don’t mock the afflicted…They suffer so!”
I’m sitting in the lobby of the Chicago O’Hare Wyndham hotel, waiting for the receptionist to signal that my room has been cleaned and is ready for occupancy. In the mean time I thought I would have a little rant about bus drivers. I have noticed that, an inordinate amount of the time, shuttle bus drivers share a particularly obscure …
Carl Bacskstrom
I did not know Carl personally as I only met him once or twice, but I have dealt with him via e-mail and online for quite some time. His loss is tragic and he will be sorely missed by the Oracle and APEX Community. All of our thoughts are with his family.
Invited to present at the 2008 ODTUG APEX Exposed training event.
Well, it’s official… I’ll be presenting “Performance Tuning APEX Applications” at the APEX EXPOSED event. I’m in the process of updating the presentation based on feedback from audiences and friends who have seen the presentation, so if you have any favorite APEX performance tuning tips, please let me know. I’ll give full credit in the presentation to those that submitted …