spine=.768" Wrox Programmer to Programmer TM Wrox Programmer to Programmer TM Beginning Oracle Greenwald ® Application Express Who this b ook is f or This book is for Access developers looking to step up to a more scalable and reliable environment, with reduced maintenance overhead and greater integration between application systems Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved www.wrox.com Recommended Computer Book Categories $39.99 USA $43.99 CAN Database Management General ISBN: 978-0-470-38837-2 Beginning ® By the end of this book, you’ll have a strong understanding of Oracle APEX and the world of Oracle technology, which will enable you to build your own applications and create further refinements that meet your reporting needs ● Steps to ensure that users enter correct data while using your applications ● The powerful and flexible reports you can create with Oracle APEX ● Advanced options for customizing user interfaces ● Techniques for using the power of PL/SQL to extend the logic in your application ● Ways to implement security for your APEX environment ● The options for deploying an APEX application to another environment ● How to migrate applications from Microsoft® Access® to Oracle Application Express Oracle Highly respected Oracle expert Rick Greenwald begins by giving you the necessary tools to build a useable order entry system He then explains how to enhance the system with reports, charts, themes, and templates You’ll also find out how to use packaged applications and work with multiple applications and you’ll learn how to migrate and integrate data with the Oracle environment What you will learn from this book Application Exp ress Even if you have limited programming experience, this hands-on guide will get you up and running quickly with Oracle Application Express (APEX) It covers the concepts and practical steps involved in building a web application from the ground up using Oracle APEX You’ll discover how to progress through the complete development process with the help of detailed instructions on creating, customizing, and extending an Oracle database application Beginning Oracle ® Application Express Rick Greenwald Updates, source code, and Wrox technical support at www.wrox.com spine=.768" Programmer to Programmer™ Get more out of WROX.com Interact Chapters on Demand Take an active role online by participating in our P2P forums Purchase individual book chapters in pdf format Wrox Online Library Join the Community Hundreds of our books are available online through Books24x7.com Sign up for our free monthly newsletter at newsletter.wrox.com Wrox Blox Browse Download short informational pieces and code to keep you up to date and out of trouble! 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Part II: Building an Application with Application Express Chapter : J umpstart Oracle Application Express 17 Chapter 3: E xtending Your APEX Application 53 Chapter 4: Validation, C alculation, N avigation, and Lists 87 Chapter 5: Reporting and Charting 123 Chapter 6: C omponents Working Together 167 Chapter 7: C ustomizing User Interfaces 211 Chapter : PL/SQL 239 Chapter : Security 267 Part III: Deploying the Application Chapter 10: D eployment and Administration 291 Chapter 11: Packaged Applications 317 Chapter 12: M igration 327 Index 355 88372ffirs.indd 11/10/08 9:52:18 PM 88372ffirs.indd 11/10/08 9:52:18 PM Beginning Oracle®Application Express Rick Greenwald 88372ffirs.indd 11/10/08 9:52:27 PM workspaces triggers, 50 creating, 252–257 enabling, 256 INSTEAD OF triggers, 250 mutating, 254 summarizing, 255 U Unit_Price, 51 update keyword, 53 UPDATE statement, 29 updating rows, s cripts and, 28–134 uploading, from Excel spreadsheets, URL s, A PEX, 80 user groups, 87 user interface columns, 230 defaults, changing, 225–230 LOVs and, 70 user interface options, LO Vs and, users accounts, locked, 272 ADMIN, 272 creating, 269–274 defining, 277 development environment, access, 272 moving directly to application, 273 navigating database, 42 preventing from entering incorrect data, 72 Utilities icon, V validation, button presses and, 91, 92 conditions, 91 credit check validation, 263–265 credit limit and, 260 failed, indicators, 93 PL/SQL computation, 248–249 PL/SQL expressions, 89 rules, 88–93 sequence, 89 SQL statements, 89 syntax, 91 totals, 260 types, 89 Validation Wizard, 8 validation name, 89 validation sequence, 89 values default values, 64–65 limiting, 66 list of values (LOV), creating, 66–69 passing to interactive reports, 178 properties, retrieving with SQL, credit limit and, 261 VARCHAR2 column, 26 variables bind, 91, 178 credit limit and, 260 PL/SQL, computations, 245–246 version tracking, 94 views, A PEX V iews, 13–314 W–Z Web Services Integration, 26 web sites, s cript files, When B utton Pressed branching attribute, 04 width of fields, 19 windows, O bject B rowser, wizards, , Application Creation Wizard, 27 Breadcrumb Entry, 185 Button Creation, 107 Chart Query, 175 Dynamic LOV, 191 Migration Wizard, 332 Page Creation, 111–112 Report, 138 Report Creation, 136 Trigger Creation, 256 wizard-driven interfaces, 114 workspace administration Application Builder Defaults, 308–309 application models, 309–311 reports, 311–313 workspaces administrators, 308 creating, migration and, 341 multiple, 10 363 88372bindex.indd 363 11/9/08 4:56:35 PM 88372badvert.indd 364 11/10/08 9:32:10 AM ... 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