The document discusses new features in Oracle Application Express (APEX) 4.1 including improved error handling, use of ROWID for automatic data manipulation, enhanced calendar wizard functionality, improved user interface, new PL/SQL page section type, support for tabular forms validations and processes, and increased number of custom attributes. It also provides an overview of APEX and discusses it being a browser-based, database-integrated web application development platform.

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Application Express Overview
New Features in 4.1
Beyond Orle APEX 4.1…
Q&A

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 Browser Based
Application
Development

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 Benefits
Runs within Database
Self Service Provisioning
Leverage SQL Skills
Rapid Browser Based Development
Point your browser and start developing Build reports and charts using SQL
Out-of-the-box elastic private cloud service Simple to manage, highly scalable

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 Architectural Overview
• Simple 2-Tier Architecture
• Pages dynamically rendered using database Meta data
• No code generation or file based compilation
• Runs everywhere Oracle Database runs

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 Fully supported no-
cost feature of
• Distributed with
– Oracle Enterprise Edition
– Oracle Standard Edition
– Oracle Standard Edition One
– Oracle XE
• Supported Database Releases
– 10gR2
– 11gR1
– 11gR2

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 History

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Oracle Application Express Overview
New Features in 4.1
Beyond Oracle APEX 4.1…
Q&A

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 Error Handling Function
Provide developers full control when an error occurs
Capabilities include:
 Log all errors
 Map errors raised by the Oracle Database (like “Unique constraint XYZ violated”)
to friendlier error messages
 Display all errors “Inline in Notification”
 Increase security by masking internal APEX errors

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Allow usage of ROWID for Automatic DML
Processing
Tables with >, Form & Report or Tabular Form on
Table or View with no Primary Key

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• Provide the ability for end-users to update
apping
 Data Validation
 Data Load Results

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• Added “Drag and Drop” functionality
 Change Date and Time of records
• Add ability to create “Edit” page as part of calendar
wizard
 “Edit” Page types age
 Pop-up page
 New page

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Improved User Interface – offers greater control
New Page Section Type – PL/SQL
Query using Datagrid
Presentation mode

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 Support all the same validation types as a Page Item
(e.g. PL/SQL syntax:
 :COLUMN_NAME
 Built-in Bind variables -
APEX$ROW_SELECTOR, APEX$ROW_NUM and
APEX$ROW_STATUS
 Validations & Processes can be fired for each submitted row
or once for the entire submission
 Advisor has been enhanced to check for valid Tabular Form
columns

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 of Custom Attributes to 15
New Builder