Chapter 10. APEX Branches
APEX branches allow us to implement and control the flow of our APEX application while using either declarative or manually coded options.
The Branches section is part of the Page Processing column, and in most cases it will be the last stage of the application page ACCEPT phase. Every application page must include at least one valid Branch option, so that the APEX engine will know where to go, after the current ACCEPT procedure has run its course.
In this chapter, we are going to review the following major issues:
The logic behind an APEX branch
The types of APEX branches that are available to us
How to create/edit an APEX branch
The other things we can do while branching
Other ways to control the application flow
Note
Bear in mind:
As already hinted in the last bullet, the Branches section is not the only way to define and control the application flow. As we'll see, we can also use tabs, buttons, links, PL/SQL, and JavaScript code to set the flow of the application.
