Examples of using AJAX in APEX
The Internet, in general, and the APEX forum on OTN, in particular, ( http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=137) are filled with AJAX examples for the more common tasks, such as cascading items (the value of one item depends on the value of another), querying the database, etc. The APEX development team has also released a white paper Using AJAX in your Application (http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/hol08/apexweb20/ajax_otn.htm), which also includes some AJAX examples for APEX. So, in this section, I'll try to bring examples, which adds more value, especially to the APEX environment.
In the demo application that accompanies this book you can find examples of using AJAX to enhance the functionality of APEX, and overcome some "out-of-the-box" limitations. In the following sections, we'll review two of them.
Multiple calendars on a single application page
The Create Calendar wizard supports only a single calendar per application page. The application...