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Animation/Art/Theater/Math fan. Oracle APEX dev team. Hockney, Van Gogh, vintage posters. VIEW Conf volunteer. Blogging about Oracle APEX at diveintoapex.com
A colleague asked how to create an interactive grid based on an APEX Collection. In this article I share the solution I came up with and what I learned while creating it. diveintoapex.com/2025/05/23/e...

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Edit Collection with Interactive Grid
An Oracle colleague asked how to create an editable Interactive Grid against an APEX collection. I share the solution here along with a few observations I learned while creating it. Client Side Gri…
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May 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Please read my latest post to learn about useful new Text Message features in APEX 24.2. 🎪 The marque feature is the new Text Message Picker! #orclAPEX

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APEX 24.2: Text Message New Features Overview
APEX 24.2 introduces enhanced text messaging with named parameters, comments, subscriptions, and a message picker.
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February 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Great to see the Indian Oracle community leading the way in inspiring the next generation of young women in IT. #WIT
February 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Please read my latest post, where I show you how to consolidate and centralize Oracle APEX validation logic with the PL/SQL Error validation type to improve reuse, performance, and maintenance. #orclAPEX

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Streamline Validation Logic Using APEX_ERROR
Consolidate and centralize Oracle APEX validation logic with the PL/SQL Error validation type to improve reuse, performance, and maintenance.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Oracle APEX 24.2 is now generally available!

This release unlocks new capabilities for AI-powered apps 🤖, configure RAG data for AI calls🧠, automate Fusion Applications integration🔁, work directly with JSON data ✨, and much more!

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January 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Trying to use the TO_* type conversion functions (TO_DATE, TO_NUMBER, etc.) on invalid values?

=> You'll get an exception 😭

Return null or a default value instead in Oracle Database 12.2 or higher with

TO_* ( <val> DEFAULT ... ON CONVERSION ERROR, <format> )
December 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Sending Email from an Oracle Container
You've Already Got Mail with OCI

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Sending Email from an Oracle Container
Learn how to configure Oracle containers to send emails using the Always Free Oracle Email Delivery service on OCI
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December 2, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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New in an #Oracle project? Visually explore unknown data models with an #orclAPEX app!

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November 30, 2024 at 8:32 AM
For #JoelKallmanDay I dive into 4 ideas colleagues taught me. We config dynamic default for cascading child list, hide/show item based on SQL lookup, show invalid fields before submit, and set grid features & refresh grid keeping selected rows. #orclapex diveintoapex.com/2024/10/16/d...
Dynamic Behavior Buffet #JoelKallmanDay
To commemorate Joel Kallman Day, I dive into four interesting APEX ideas related to dynamic behavior that my dev team colleagues John Snyders and Stefan Dobre taught me recently. We’ll explor…
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November 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM