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Oracle Application Express 3.2 - The Essentials and More

You're reading from   Oracle Application Express 3.2 - The Essentials and More Develop Native Oracle database-centric web applications quickly and easily with Oracle APEX

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847194527
Length 644 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Oracle Application Express 3.2
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
1. Preface
1. An Introduction to APEX FREE CHAPTER 2. What we need to know to effectively use APEX 3. APEX Basic Concepts 4. The Application Builder Basic Concepts and Building Blocks 5. APEX Items 6. APEX Buttons 7. APEX Computations 8. APEX Validations 9. APEX Processes 10. APEX Branches 11. APEX SQL Workshop 12. APEX Forms 13. APEX Reports 14. Tabular Forms 15. Calendars 16. Interactive Reports 17. AJAX with APEX 18. Globalization and Localization With APEX Applications 19. Right-To-Left Support in APEX 20. Deploying APEX Applications 21. The APEX Runtime Environment 22. Security 23. Application Conversion 24. APEX Best Practices APEX Installation, Upgrade, and Configuration Tips

Sources for creating a form


The input resources are usually the first form component we need to address, as the entire form revolves around them. As such, this is the main feature that differentiates between the various wizards that APEX provides us with to create our form. APEX supports the following options and sources to create a form:

  • Form on a Table or View: Database tables or views are the most logical resources for a form, as they allow us to populate it with their stored data. Alternatively, we can use the form to save new/updated data into them. The Create Form wizard generates the new form around the selected columns from the source table or view, while using Database Column as their Source Type. This wizard also allows us to select which DML processes (Insert, Update, Delete) will be created for the form. When the wizard runs its course, we get a fully-functional APEX form.

  • Form on a Table with Report: This wizard actually creates two separate APEX regions one for a report...

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