I have a love/hate relationship with frameworks. Once you get proficient with a framework (like Application Express) you can get a lot done quickly. The framework can also stand in your way if you encounter a bug or maybe a gray area where the Framework…
Here is some code to update the previous widget to show data in a green/yellow/red bar graph like an audio meter: The code is here: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION GetGraph (p_value IN NUMBER, p_total IN NUMBER DEFAULT 100) RETURN VARCHAR2 IS -- David Mann --…
I'm trying not to scare my users off with endless rows and columns of numbers. I have an app that analyzes memory usage and swap space usage of some of our servers. Instead of throwing all kinds of computer sciency '65535' and '32767' numbers at…
I'm still an Application Express beginner -- I'm used to web development that is closer to the HTML. While I am getting used to Apex's Regions and Templates sometimes you just need to build some HTML on your own. I have found some Apex helper…
So the new place I work has some small applications built in Apex. I'm getting ready to build some monitoring tools and wanted to integrate their functionality into the apps that are already available. Oracle publishes a document called the "2 Day + Application Express…