Just curious but I'm trying to duplicate my application. On the source side (where I developed it) I'm generating a DLL for everything. My thinking is that this one DLL script will create every table, sequence, procedure, function, etc. in the new schema. The problem appears to be that the resulting script it too big to work with. When I do manage to generate the DLL and copy it to my new workspace I get an error that it's past the 500K limit. I know i can cut it into pieces, and I'm doing that, but i wondered if there was a better method out there. I'd have to admit that I find the "Generate DLL" function pretty flakey. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it follows my selections and sometimes it does not. That or I completely suck at using it.

I had a fellow developer ask me.. Is there something we can ADD the the APEX builder to designate what ARE the developer is working in? We have a number of development areas and on occasion someone flubs up and thinks they are working in one environment when they are really in another..

I have form which has only EMP_ID page item but on that page item I set value dynamic action and set other page items for display but when I switch pages it loads the data so is there anyway to get data on emp_id quickly without loading others items because it is not good UI

Hi everyone :slightly_smiling_face: I'm wanting to implement automated tests in my frontend. I've found some alternatives like cypress, but it will help me very much to know your experiences and what do you recommend to achieve that in a comfortable way. Thanks in advance :slightly_smiling_face:

I am trying to get the error message to only display once either by the applicable page item or as a popup message. For some reason "Inline_with_Field" is showing up twice, and inline_in_notification shows the message twice in the upper right corner. Thoughts?

Happy to be here! ... I have a very Basic Setup , it is our favorite ACME Shop , I am trying too Display The CART content in Same Page as Product , the Cat Item I made a Classic Report , On Click of Add To cart , How I can refresh the Classic Report ?

Any other things I could try or ways I could see what the issue is?

In the past I've used some combination of hints like /*+ parallel(n) no_merge first_rows */ with some success. Or wrapping the query in a "select * from (x)" with the no_merge hint. I see the new "Optimizer Hint" field and have tried putting the hints there or using the suggested hints from the help text (APEX$USE_NO_PAGINATION as discussed here: https://blogs.oracle.com/apex/post/application-express-18-and-report-pagination)

I'm trying to troubleshoot some report queries that are very slow within apex. They return within seconds in SQLDeveloper but as a Interactive Report run for multiple minutes or hit some server side timeout before they can return.

Hello APEX experts. I have a question about multi tenant/customer deployments. If I want to deliver a single application to multiple customers should I 1. Deploy each customer in a separate instance so I can set build options by customer? 2. Deploy all customers in a single instance, storing the customer ID in key tables to control data access? it seems to me the issues with #2 are: 1. The lack of ability to utilize build options per customer 2. The lack of ability to utilize different URLs for each customer 3. The additional complexity of having to store and retrieve data by customer ID With #1 the issues would be: 1. The need to create a separate schema and workspace for each customer 2. No easy way to aggregate data and app usage statistics across all customers Is there a recommended APEX deployment model? What have others done? TYIA.

General question that doesn’t show up in the Docs. When configuring the Maximum Web Service Requests at the WORKSPACE level, I’m assuming that leaving it blank will revert to the limit as defined at the INSTANCE level. But what if the INSTANCE level is left (or set to) blank. Does that give an unlimited number of web service calls? This would be my desired result, but I don’t want to make a false assumption

I recently began learning Oracle Apex; any advice, suggestions, or tips are always appreciated.

Hello everyone i have an issue with this test-code:

-- Setze globale Parameter-Variable
var params CLOB;

begin
  :params := '
  {
    "provider"       : "openai",
    "credential_name": "litellm",
    "url"            : "http://litellm.devki.com:4000/v1/embeddings",
    "model"          : "text-embedding-3-large"
  }';
end;
/

-- Test per PL/SQL
declare
  input clob;
  v vector;
begin
  input := 'Hello world';

  v := dbms_vector_chain.utl_to_embedding(input, json(:params));
  dbms_output.put_line(vector_serialize(v));
end;
/

-- Test per SQL
select vector_serialize(
  dbms_vector_chain.utl_to_embedding('Hello world', json(:params))) from dual;

it always said credential not exists but in my remote-server credentials it’s exists. Is there a problem with own hosted LLMs. I’m in a closed network without internet access!

I've heard that APEX Autonomous Database has limits per CPU for # of concurrent users. Does anyone know what those limits are? If I have 2000 users, how many extra CPU's do I need?

Hello Everyone, If we are hosting python application on OCI, then how to use Devops with the SCM and CI/CD pipeline applicable between OCI and APEX. Does anyone implemented this in your projects?? Kindly suggest!

How can i force CSV downloads to be UTF-8? Apex 23.2

Hi guys, I'm working on excel upload functionality. But I have 2 tabs in my excel, how do I upload data from both tabs?

Post Calculation Computation - I used this in apex 5 to update a "Display Only" item to change a user ID to a Display Name (via function call in an expression). Now it's deprecated and not available for new items in Apex. I see a recommendation to replace it with a computation, but I can't get it to update the displayed value on page load no matter what execution point i use. It seems to me the only way to replicate the PCC functionality is to have two items, one hidden that has the value sourced from the database, and the other a Display Only item with the value calculated from the first item. This is obliviously worse then using a single item with PCC. Is there a better way to do this?

hello All, Can someone please tell me what is wrong with this reference to the page item P600_COLUMN_TO_SHOW in this code? The query is for a simple classic report region, PLSQL function body returning SQL. That Item contains the columns to use in the query. If I hardcode it works but if I use v() function it doesn't work. Apex 19.2

@Jayson Hanes - Oracle APEX PM thx for the hint seems good :slightly_smiling_face:

note from Dev on this

There is no reason for it. You can workaround this bug by using apex_application_admin.set_remote_server(). bug # 37689711

Cloud databases cannot make HTTP requests, only HTTPS ones

Yes

Hi @Andi Oberhauser , your database is probably autonomous transaction from cloud right?

Hello everyone - I have a simple bug. When I create a Vector Provider I always get the error that the base url have to start with HTTP or HTTPS. When I use https it works with http not. But in my environment I need HTTP! Any ideas?

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Hi, hello everyone! I look forward to learning Oracle APEX. Please guide me in learning it and suggest some free online resources

:wave: Hi everyone, I'm Richard, an Oracle APEX developer from Slovakia. I work mainly with APEX and PL/SQL, and lately I've been trying to be more active in the community. Looking forward to learning from you all and contributing where I can!

Is there any plug-in or process or way to compress images before upload ?

In OCI, does anybody know if ATP (APEX workload type) can be used with Oracle Data Safe?

clicking "Publish" for MLS Translate receiving below error. Where can I see the log in *autonomous* for the issue? Uploaded XLF file and "Apply checked". Next when clicked "Publish" getting error. This is working on simple application with one page. But failing on our real client application. Appreciate any clue.

Hi, With Interactive Grid is there a way to toggle row selection behaviour from multiple (checkbox) and single (radio field) at runtime? Thanks

Hello We need to update our authentication method to use *OpenID Connect (OIDC)* with *Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)* to enhance security and compliance. Has anyone implemented this already or explored potential workarounds? I'd love to hear your thoughts or experiences on: • Integrating OIDC with PKCE into APEX apps • Handling token exchange securely • Tips or resources to get started Any ideas, documentation links, or working examples would be greatly appreciated. Let’s collaborate to get this set up smoothly! :raised_hands: Thx

I have APEX version 22.2 and I'm working with SQLcl to deploy applications. **Problem**: When I deploy an APEX application using SQLcl and run the fXXX.sql file, I have no way to programmatically set the Parsing Schema. The application always defaults to the first schema in the workspace schema list, but I need it to use a specific schema. Is there an API or installation parameter that controls this setting? Thanks! ????

Hi, has anyone also had the problem that the icons in APEX disappeared? It looks like this for me, also in different browsers.

Hi guys, is it possible to expand collapse the desktop navigation entry by clicking the whole label, I am able to do that only by clicking the small arrow, but not the whole row or label. It’s Universal Theme.

Hi team, When I use apex_error in process it shows error message on page. How do I hide *"1 error has occurred" that comes along with my error message for* APEX_ERROR.ADD_ERROR(p_message => 'Your password has expired. Please reset your password.', p_display_location => APEX_ERROR.c_inline_in_notification); I use Inline CSS but didn't work. .a-Notification-title.aErrMsgTitle { display: none !important; }

Hoping someone can help me with something. I have a table that has 9 different columns that are all a 1 character varchar. I want to put them all into a checkbox group. This query will get the things I want to change in a single checkbox group. Just so you can see where I'm starting from. select CB_ITEM_1, CB_ITEM_2, CB_ITEM_3, CB_ITEM_4, CB_ITEM_5, CB_ITEM_6, CB_ITEM_7, CB_ITEM_8, CB_ITEM_9, from PARTS_CATALOG where PART_NUMBER = P350_ID What I want is a single row of these nine fields where I can turn any one of them, or all of them on or off. I am not familiar with using a Checkbox Group, can they even be used to change multiple values from a single row in a table? I don't want to create 9 separate checkboxes if I can do it all in a single checkbox group.

Hello everyone. I am working an API that uses bearer token autentication. i am using this test block: DECLARE l_token VARCHAR2(4000); l_response CLOB; BEGIN l_token := '{TOKEN}' ; apex_web_service.g_request_headers(1).name := 'Authorization'; apex_web_service.g_request_headers(1).value := 'Bearer ' || l_token; apex_web_service.g_request_headers(2).name := 'Content-Type'; apex_web_service.g_request_headers(2).value := 'application/json'; l_response := apex_web_service.make_rest_request( p_url => 'url', p_http_method => 'GET' ); DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(l_response); END; Iam able to que get the response, manually generating the token from outside the database using a python script that receive: an userid, a private key file and return the token. I can not find anywhere how to handle token renewal from within apex (plsql). Asked AI and is suggesting create a micro service for the python script that returns de token. also suggested to user apex_Jwt api, but that didnt worked out. Does anyone knows o help find how to integrate apex with those apis that uses beater tokens (clientid and private key) only

We are a team of developers working on multiple applications in Oracle APEX, version 22. All of us are working on the same application, which makes it very difficult to deploy the application to the client, as everyone is dependent on each other's changes. one idea we are considering is separating the various applications into smaller ones, with each page in its own application, while maintaining a single authentication system. Currently, we also have some applications with a unified authentication system, so we are exploring the best way to manage multiple applications with a single authentication setup." what you think about it have you else approch ?and what is disadvantages? Thank you

Hello I have OCI autonomous db with APEX and have EBS as well in same OCI apps/apps@ebsdb my requirement is that I want to use ebs schema objects in my OCI autonomous database for APEX to show and create some reports so how to do that?

Hello, what might be the reason that a vendor API doesn't return the relevant cookie when using APEX_WEB_SERVICE but return it when using postman? The response code is 200 both in postman and APEX_WEB_SERVICE.

I have a question regarding APEX Dashboard I want to export my dashboard into pdf in Oracle APEX Kindly anybody guides me regarding this I do not want to use any external report such BI publisher and APEX office print, Jasper Reports any other solution for this

How do we make AI “chat requests” performant in APEX ? It seems that each RAG source (SQL) that is added, increases the overall response time. Is there anyway to see which RAG sources are actually firing behind the scenes (metrics etc). Thanks

btw, i don't know why i haven't run into this issue before with APEX. Users have just started spamming the "save" button for some reason??

APEX 23.2 - "Debounce" page submission. I don't see a declarative way to do this? Seems the fix is to have the button action be DA, then disable the button as the first true action followed by "submit" with the button name.

Hi everyone Today chrome decided to completely disable the plug in *APEX Page Designer Tab Lock - Explorer UK* from @Matt Mulvaney Does anyone know what is the replacement? If there is. Also the *FOEX Developer Addon plug* in has been marked to be disabled in the future. Same question.. anyone know what is the replacement? Thanks!

Way back when APEX included a “Forms to APEX” migration functionality. You could upload Forms XML files into tables and use that info to start a migration. The “automated” migration didn’t deliver a good result, but I am looking for the part that reads those XML files into tables, so I can easily see what is in there and keep track of what is migrated / needs to be migrated / can be discarded. Is there a (relatively) simple APEX app out there that still does that trick - or something similar?

#_general How to enable email functionality between our Oracle applications and Microsoft Exchange (Office 365) email server.? Need to configure OAUTH.