Faceted Search
Oracle first introduced the exciting new Faceted Search feature in 19.2 and has continued to improve it in subsequent releases. I have spent some time… Read More »Faceted Search
APEX
A review of Azure DevOps Boards, from an APEX development perspective.
I was recently asked to review a number of elements of Microsoft’s Azure DevOps suite, to consider how beneficial they may be for an APEX… Read More »A review of Azure DevOps Boards, from an APEX development perspective.
Integrating APEX with Office 365 via Microsoft Graph REST API
It was almost 4 years ago that I wrote about Integrating APEX with Outlook via Exchange Web Services (EWS) for our internal applications at Explorer… Read More »Integrating APEX with Office 365 via Microsoft Graph REST API
APEX 20.2 New Reporting Features
A pre-production version of APEX 20.2 has been released to apex.oracle.com, so I decided to try it out starting with taking a look at the… Read More »APEX 20.2 New Reporting Features
10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Using APEX
APEX is an intuitive tool and it is easy to dive straight in and begin developing after some basic tutorials. There are a few tips… Read More »10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Using APEX
Creating A Mobile App From Scratch
Most businesses will at some point find a problem that could be overcome by developing a mobile app. For a lot of people though, the… Read More »Creating A Mobile App From Scratch
How to leverage Machine Learning, Spatial and Graph in APEX applications – no license required
https://blogs.oracle.com/database/machine-learning%2c-spatial-and-graph-no-license-required-v2 As of December 2019, Oracle has made Machine Learning, Spatial and Graph features available without the need for extra licenses. This also means that… Read More »How to leverage Machine Learning, Spatial and Graph in APEX applications – no license required
The Things an APEX Developer Should Be Aware of When Developing APEX Applications on an Oracle Autonomous Database
Back in June 2019, Oracle announced the availability of APEX on the Oracle Autonomous Database (ADB). Then in September 2019 at OpenWorld ‘Always Free’ services… Read More »The Things an APEX Developer Should Be Aware of When Developing APEX Applications on an Oracle Autonomous Database
Developing Secure Web Applications with APEX and ApexSec
A very common question asked is ‘Is APEX Secure?’ and Joel Kallman from Oracle addressed this topic here, the post is a few years old… Read More »Developing Secure Web Applications with APEX and ApexSec
Oracle ATP Free Tier: Machine Learning and APEX Integration
Finally, Oracle has released a supported free tier of their cloud database offering. I’ve been hoping that they would release some kind of Express Edition… Read More »Oracle ATP Free Tier: Machine Learning and APEX Integration
ADW and ATP ‘always free’ databases in the OCI. If you snooze, you may lose!
A few days ago at Oracle Open World Oracle announced the availability of an Always Free Autonomous Database and Cloud Infrastructure. There has been a… Read More »ADW and ATP ‘always free’ databases in the OCI. If you snooze, you may lose!
Loading Excel into APEX 19.1
Loading Excel Into APEX Applications Update Back in December 2017 I presented at Tech17 and published a blog outlining a number of options for loading… Read More »Loading Excel into APEX 19.1
Adding an Auto Save Feature to an APEX Page
Recently I was tasked with adding an auto save feature to an APEX page for a questionnaire style application I was developing for a customer.… Read More »Adding an Auto Save Feature to an APEX Page
Application Support with APEX Applications: Looking After the Users when Development has Finished
Although at Explorer we spend most of our time creating brand-new bespoke APEX applications or completing Forms to APEX projects; sometimes we are asked to… Read More »Application Support with APEX Applications: Looking After the Users when Development has Finished
Introducing APEX TabLock
A little side project of mine is developing new features for a chrome extension which provides extra functionality for the APEX developer. The chrome extension… Read More »Introducing APEX TabLock
ORDS, OAuth2 & Web Services in APEX – Part 3
Calling Web Services from APEX The following blog will show you how to call GET method Web Service from an APEX 5.1 application and extract… Read More »ORDS, OAuth2 & Web Services in APEX – Part 3
Options For Loading Excel Data Into APEX Applications
Excel is still widely used across many organisations as a standard reporting tool, often being used as a substitute for small databases. As a consequence, it… Read More »Options For Loading Excel Data Into APEX Applications
APEX & Search
This year, we have been looking into the best way to deliver search capabilities in an APEX application. Customers are used to searching in Google… Read More »APEX & Search
