APEX on a PDA

Hi All,
Im starting to develop a production level system in Application Express v3.0.1 on Oracle 10g. For certain screens i need to use PDAs so i was wondering if anyone here has done this and could provide some pointers on any specific things i need to watch out for, ive read that javascript and css should be avoided (which is what APEX is all about on the interface side).
And what is the best way to format the screen so the displays are small enough the fit on the 3.5 inch screen.
The PDAs are 3.5 inch screens running Windows Mobile 5 and IE 5.
Many Thanks.
Graham.

And what about the iPhone???
It's right IE Mobile is impossible to circumvent on PDA today, but some folks have the new Apple iPhone, with Safari on it: and it's really a nice smartphone and should have a great success in a very near future.
I'm going to decline an APEX application for iPhone (and also playable on the iPod Touch), following all the good advices given by Apple and on the Google group iPhone-webdev...
First i should work on CSS and Javascript (to support the landscape mode of the iPhone).
I will begin to skin a static application using Aptana IDE (supporting iPhone projects) , then reinclude all the resources in an APEX application Theme....
I should be able to switch transparently (by Javascript or server side) between theme for iPhone and Theme for computers.
If some people already have (young) experience to develop optimized applications for the iPhone (with APEX), or are interested in, let me know...

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APEX on PDA's

Hi,
My organization is trying to do a new implementation which would have to run on PDA's.
Do you think APEX is a good option?
If yes how do i achieve this?

Dami.
This might not be the correct way to do it. But this is only an idea that might work.
If you create the URL: http://leadway.com/crm.
or you can create sub virtual directory of http://crm.leadway.com
When you access the default start page for either of these two urls.
Build yourself a redirect page that would redirect all your traffic to your Target Apex App address.
Also make sure you capture all traffic in either of those URLs and point them to your redirect page.
Then anyone trying to hit anything inside those two urls will goto your apex app.
Now one thing to think of is to make sure that your Apex app is accessible outside your company.
I'm not an expert in this area but I believe you have to either enable a port and Ip Address where your Apex app resides and do a IP and port forwarding from your apex box to something outside that exists outside your firewall.
This is only an idea.
That hasn't been tested.
But give it a try and let me know how it goes.
Colin M

JavaScript assign a APEX variable

I have the following javascript code in my page header:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
Can anyone tell me how to assign a value to :P66_INSERT_FLAG in this routine. If there is more than one way to do it, I would appreciate if you could list them all.
I have a very finicky PDA that will run some javascript and not others. Thanks!
Sharon

Hello,
Unfortinally there is not an 'exact' answer for you as different PDA's/phones have different inital setups and features.
The important thing is what versions of Internet Explorer is running. The mobile versions of Internet Explorer have stripped down versions or some have no javascript functionality at all and some mobile devices turn it off by default.
OS 4.20.0.3.What's this?
Your going to go through each js command on each PDA and see exactly what works and what doesn't on each one, it sounds like javascript might be shut off on one of them, and sometimes you can turn it on. I seem to remember on some versions of mobile IE document.getElementByID() doesn't work and you need to form item notation.
Are you setting just the flag value or do you need to do a full page submit?
If you just need to set the flag value you can use a link that sets the value.
Or make the flag value into checkbox.
Your original code doesn't really do anything other than a submit, can you post the entire code.
function insert_submit()
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}Finally an working mockup on http://apex.oracle.com would make it much easier to help you out.
Regards,
Carl
blog : http://carlback.blogspot.com/
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APEX - Missing Parameters on Windows Mobile

I'm developing an application with APEX. It works fine on my PC. However when I try to run it on a PDA, new pages that should appear after clicking on a button doesn't appear.
This is what appear when a click the button on a PC:
http://myserver:8080/apex/f?p=108:100:2388425118660122:CONTROLO_LOTES:NO:100:P100_DESC:LOTES
When a use same button on a PDA:
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Hi,
Post your question in [Application Express|http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=137] forum, you would probably get a better/faster response.
Regards,
Hussein

PDA Formatting questions ...

Environment
APEX 2.2 - I know, I know, we're working on the upgrade, they say 'soon'.
Oracle 10gR2 on the database side
I'm trying to format an APEX application to fit on a PDA screen even though the PDA hasn't been selected yet, I'm using a Symbol scanner running Windows CE as a test bed.
The application runs OK but there are still some blank lines that I can't seem to get rid of.
Here are a couple of questions:
1- Can I change the height of the text and item fields on the screen?
2- How can I get rid of the Region/Page name and reclaim that space?
3- I have 2 buttons at the bottom that appear side-by-side on my PC but are on top of each other on the PDA, can't find out why?
4- Is there a way to put a 2nd label (or free text area) for an item to the right of it?
I'm pretty newbie-ish at this so please be gentle with your suggestions! ;-)>
Thanks very much! APEX rocks!
-gary

Dimitri, et al
I've done as much as I can with the version of APEX I'm currently using, thanks for the suggestions.
I now need to know how to initiate the scanning function on the scanner. I'm using a Symbol NC9060 to test but it looks like we'll be using NC9090 for Production. I believe the NC9060 is running Windows CE and the NC9090 is running Windows Mobile 6.
Is there a function code I need to send to the scanner before we start the application? If so, is that done through APEX or some program outside?
We'd obviously like to use the scanning function to gather barcode information as input.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
-gary

Fileconnection on pda's

Hi,
I am working on a applications for pda. I am using j2me and j2mepolish for writing the application. I want to save some data into some files and i am using for that the fileconnection and jsr75 library. When i make a build for pda i get this error: "package javax.microedition.io.file does not exist". Can someone help me?
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Dami.
This might not be the correct way to do it. But this is only an idea that might work.
If you create the URL: http://leadway.com/crm.
or you can create sub virtual directory of http://crm.leadway.com
When you access the default start page for either of these two urls.
Build yourself a redirect page that would redirect all your traffic to your Target Apex App address.
Also make sure you capture all traffic in either of those URLs and point them to your redirect page.
Then anyone trying to hit anything inside those two urls will goto your apex app.
Now one thing to think of is to make sure that your Apex app is accessible outside your company.
I'm not an expert in this area but I believe you have to either enable a port and Ip Address where your Apex app resides and do a IP and port forwarding from your apex box to something outside that exists outside your firewall.
This is only an idea.
That hasn't been tested.
But give it a try and let me know how it goes.
Colin M

APEX on Blackberry

Hi,
Is APEX compatible with the Blackberry technology ?
Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Francis.

datamig,
You can certainly build an application which will be deployed on a BlackBerry, but I wouldn't try to use Apex itself on one.
One note of caution: some BlackBerries will have JavaScript disabled. Keep this in mind, as a good deal of Apex functionality depends on JavaScript.
For one client, I did build a set of paired-down templates which did not rely on JavaScript being enabled. One severe drawback is that you cannot set the REQUEST parameter if JavaScript is disabled in 2.0, so we had to resort to a 1-button per page policy.
Taking a step back, keep in mind how people use BlackBerries, their performance and UI constraints and which functions users will need to access with them when designing any PDA-based application. Less is definately more in this case!
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Thanks

seems to me that Branching without a button could help you... i.e. e.g. button redirecting to URL "javascript:window.open(f?....)" can help you.
just do no forget that you'll probably need a special page template for opening small separate window. I use a special simple template for page optimized for mobil/PDA for example.
Roman

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I just registered a new apex application with sso. when i authenticate through sso, it directs me to the originally registered application.
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Enter value for site_id: EFBE3E14
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Enter value for encryption_key: 2EBDD126A3A40606
Enter value for ip_check: N
ERROR: Error in registration. Please try again
User-Defined Exception
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Listener token: HTML_DB:050iasphttp.xxx.na.xxx.com:7777
Site id : EFBE3E14
Site token : MSMXURH1EFBE3E14
Encryption key: 2EBDD126A3A40606
Login URL :
https://050iaspdb.xxx.na.xxx.com:4443/pls/orasso/orasso.wwsso_app_admi
n.ls_login
Logout URL :
https://050iaspdb.xxx.na.xxx.com:4443/pls/orasso/orasso.wwsso_app_admi
n.ls_logout
IP check : N
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Commit complete.
No errors.
SQL>
...in spite of the error, i aske the app developer to try and use sso for db2. he now recieves:
User-Defined Exception
Error Error in wwv_flow_custom_auth_sso.process_success:l_sso_user_name:l_sess_id:: Please contact administrator.
OK
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APEX-The manullay created column is not getting updated in the database

Dear all
I have a form on page, which is created along with a report using Form on a Table with Report option. From the form I have deleted one field and recreated manullay as set the property as database column. When I am calling from the report page (using defualt edit option) the value is showing there, but if I am 'Apply Changes' , the column value in database is get updated with null.
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This is the SQL and PL/SQL forum.
Please re-post this on the APEX forum.
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APEX LISTENER Install troubleshooting

Hi, I need help.. :-)
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even tried APEX_LISTENER password just incase
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======================================================================
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That could be a problem.
I was answering the question:
BillC wrote:
Is there a simple JDBC test to see if it connects? it is APEX_PUBLIC_USER who is connecting isn't it?Yes - APEX_PUBLIC_USER is the connecting user.
You can use SQLPLUS to make sure you have the correct password.
After that, it is the SERVER, PORT, SID/SERVICE in the APEX listener you need to confirm.
You can TNSPING to confirm you have the correct selections for those.
You can always re-run the java -jar apex.war setup command to all of the basic settings.
The reason I mention that is because if you modify the settings manually - we need to ask "which file?" because there is the default and the database specific one too.
Try making a request to the service in standalone mode and you should get a terminal output (the window stays open) with a more detailed error. I would guess there will be an ORA-12514, TNS listener does not currently know of service requested in descriptor or something similar that will give you the "debug" information you are looking for.
Regards,
--Tim St.

Problem with logging in to apex application builder listener

I have problem with my settings and am posting this in hope that someone else out there had similar problem and solved it!
I am trying to use reverseproxy to access to our db through apex listener.
It's been all set-up and I can login to the application it self either through proxy or no proxy using the listener.
But when I try to login to apex application builder I cannot do it through proxy(with no proxy, it works).
It just refreshes the login page when I click login....
I tried to upgrade the listener to the latest v1.1(using 1.0.2) but it causes my tomcat to crash...
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In the firebug it is showing that below and few other request status as 302 moved temporariry
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Where as with no proxy it is saying Found.....
Any thoughts??
Thanks
Sin K

Hello Sin K,
so proxy and Tomcat are located on different machines as well? Is the proxy able to commuicate with the Tomcat on the configured internal ports and is the proxy able to lookup the hostname you configured for the Tomcat?
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proxyName=proxyserver
proxyPort=8080Reason for this is that applications (e.g. the APEX Listener) generate there URL references with these parameters.
But does your proxy actually serve on port 8080? And is that port accessible by clients? Do clients accept cookies from that server?
In my case, there is only one 302 which redirects to http://host:port/apex/f?p=4500:1000:sessionid which is correct.
If you look into your first post request in firebug, what's in the request header?
-Udo

Need advise on SQL Report base for APEX or jasper

Hello everyone,
I need some advise on how to approach this below report requirement. It has been bugging me for nearly 2 weeks now, and my time is running out.
Here is a simplified version of the database
Four tables: Defendant, Engagement, Service, Event.
A defendant can have more than 1 engagement, but they have only one open engagement at a time.
For each engagement, they will have services and events.
These events can be just general events or events that relates to the service.
Here is the script for the tables and sample data
CREATE TABLE "DEFENDANT"
   ("DEF_ID" NUMBER,
     "FIRST_NAME" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
     "LAST_NAME" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
     "ACTIVE" NUMBER DEFAULT 1
Insert into DEFENDANT (DEF_ID,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,ACTIVE) values (1,'Joe','Bloggs',1);
Insert into DEFENDANT (DEF_ID,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,ACTIVE) values (2,'John','Doe',1);
CREATE TABLE "ENGAGEMENT"
   ("ENG_ID" NUMBER,
     "DEF_ID" NUMBER,
     "COURT_NAME" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
     "DATE_JOINED" DATE,
     "DATE_TERMINATED" DATE,
     "ETHNICITY" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE),
     "ACTIVE" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE)
Insert into ENGAGEMENT (ENG_ID,DEF_ID,COURT_NAME,DATE_JOINED,DATE_TERMINATED,ETHNICITY,ACTIVE) values (1,1,'AAA',to_date('01/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('20/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),'European','1');
Insert into ENGAGEMENT (ENG_ID,DEF_ID,COURT_NAME,DATE_JOINED,DATE_TERMINATED,ETHNICITY,ACTIVE) values (2,2,'BBB',to_date('01/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,'Asian','1');
Insert into ENGAGEMENT (ENG_ID,DEF_ID,COURT_NAME,DATE_JOINED,DATE_TERMINATED,ETHNICITY,ACTIVE) values (3,1,'AAA',to_date('22/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,'European','1');
CREATE TABLE "EVENT"
   ("EVENT_ID" NUMBER,
     "ENG_ID" NUMBER,
     "NOTES" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
     "RELATED_SERVICE_ID" NUMBER,
     "START_DATE" DATE,
     "END_DATE" DATE,
     "ACTIVE" NUMBER DEFAULT 1
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (1,1,null,1,to_date('01/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('02/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (2,1,null,1,to_date('23/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (3,1,null,2,to_date('15/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('16/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (4,2,null,null,to_date('02/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (5,2,null,2,to_date('03/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (6,3,null,null,to_date('22/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('23/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (7,3,null,4,to_date('23/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into EVENT (EVENT_ID,ENG_ID,NOTES,RELATED_SERVICE_ID,START_DATE,END_DATE,ACTIVE) values (8,2,null,null,to_date('12/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
CREATE TABLE "SERVICE"
   (     "SERVICE_ID" NUMBER,
     "ENG_ID" NUMBER,
     "DESCRIPTION" VARCHAR2(200 BYTE),
     "DATE_STARTED" DATE,
     "DATE_TERMINATED" DATE,
     "ACTIVE" NUMBER DEFAULT 1
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (1,1,'Counselling',to_date('15/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('18/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (2,1,'Housing',to_date('20/09/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (3,2,'Treatment',to_date('01/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),to_date('15/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),1);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (4,3,'Housing',null,null,1);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (5,1,'Other',to_date('05/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,0);
Insert into SERVICE (SERVICE_ID,ENG_ID,DESCRIPTION,DATE_STARTED,DATE_TERMINATED,ACTIVE) values (6,2,'Treatment',to_date('16/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,1);****
And this is the view I am thinking to use as the base for the report
CREATE OR REPLACE FORCE VIEW "BASE_VW"
AS
SELECT Def.Def_Id,
    Def.First_Name,
    Def.Last_Name,
    Eng.Eng_Id,
    Eng.Court_Name,
    Eng.Date_Joined,
    Eng.Date_Terminated,
    Eng.Ethnicity,
    Ser.Service_Id,
    Ser.Description,
    Ser.Date_Started    AS Service_Start_Date,
    Ser.Date_Terminated AS Service_Date_Terminated,
    Ser.Active          AS Service_Active,
    Ev.Event_Id,
    Ev.Related_Service_Id,
    Ev.Start_Date,
    Ev.End_Date,
    Ev.Notes,
    ev.active AS event_active
FROM Defendant Def
LEFT OUTER JOIN Engagement Eng
ON Def.Def_Id = Eng.Def_Id
LEFT OUTER JOIN Service Ser
ON Eng.Eng_Id = Ser.Eng_Id
LEFT OUTER JOIN Event Ev
ON Ev.Eng_Id = Eng.Eng_Id;****
Requirement:
Report parameter: Start Date, End Date, Court_name
From chosen Court_name, list defendants who currently engage in the court.
For each defendant display
Section 1: Identifying Details: First Name, Last Name, Ethnicity, Date Joined Court
Section 2: All Services currently active that the defendant attend
Section 3: All Events that related to the service that the defendant attend
Section 4: All other events (don't have Related Service ID)
User must be able to download the whole report in spreadsheet or PDF format.
I did try to create a set of union selects (but the format is not that good, when no data return it display nothing, I would rather show some messages like "There is no associated events, rather than nothing")
and it only produces report for 1 defendant at a time.
We use Oracle APEX , so only select statement or PL/SQL Code return select statement is valid for report source.
In our place we use Jasper Report adjacent to APEX, but I have very little experience with Jasper report.
The developer who knows a lot about jasper report is too busy to help me.
Currently, I use union selects like below:
With Current_Engagement As
( Select Eng_Id From Engagement
Where Def_Id =2
And Date_Joined Is Not Null
And ( Date_Terminated Is Null Or Date_Terminated > Sysdate)
And Rownum =1
Select '1.Defendant ID' as col1, 'First Name' as col2, 'Last Name' as col3, 'Court Name' as col4, 'Ethnicity' as col5, 'Date Joined' as col6, 'Date Terminated' as col7
From Dual
Union All
Select Distinct to_char(Def_Id), First_Name, Last_Name, Court_Name, Ethnicity, to_char(Date_Joined), to_char(Date_Terminated)
From Base_Vw Inner Join Current_Engagement Ce On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
Union All
select '2.Service ID', 'Service Description', 'Start Date', 'End Date', Null, Null, Null
from dual
Union All
Select distinct to_char(service_id), description, to_char(service_start_date), to_char(service_date_terminated), null, null, null
From Base_Vw Inner Join Current_Engagement Ce On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
where service_active =1
Union All
Select '3.Event ID', 'Related Service ID', 'Start Date', 'End date', 'Notes', null, null
From Dual
Union All
Select distinct to_char(event_id), to_char(related_service_id), to_char(start_date), to_char(end_date), notes, null, null
from Base_Vw Inner Join Current_Engagement Ce On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
Where Event_Active = 1
and related_service_id is not null
Union All
Select '4.Event ID', 'Start Date', 'End date', 'Notes', null, null, null
From Dual
Union All
Select distinct to_char(event_id), to_char(start_date), to_char(end_date), notes, null, null, null
From Base_Vw Inner Join Current_Engagement Ce On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
Where Event_Active = 1
and related_service_id is nulland the result is kind of what I try to achieve (except that I need to work on display a message 'No data found' rather than nothing), But it seems that my code works only for one defendant.
COL1                           COL2                           COL3                           COL4                 COL5                 COL6        COL7
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                      Court Name           Ethnicity            Date Joined Date Terminated
2                              John                           Doe                            BBB                  Asian                01/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                     End Date
3                              Treatment                      01/10/12                       15/10/12
6                              Treatment                      16/10/12
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                     End date             Notes
5                              2                              03/10/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                       Notes
4                              02/10/12
8                              12/10/12
10 rows selected
     However, I struggle to find a way to apply this to more than 1 defendant and still keep the format.
Defendant 1
All details related to defendant 1
Defendant 2
All details relayed to defendant 2
Defendant n
All details relayed to defendant nIs it possible to display a report as above by using only SQL script ?
Thanks a lot in advance. I am willing to compensate financially to someone who can give me a solution.
Edited by: Ann586341. View base_vw SQL script is fixed.

Thanks a lot Jeneesh. (You are really a guru.)
It is nearly 98% what the requirements ask for.
I just have one more question.
If I add more information into the database, just one more defendant
Insert into DEFENDANT (DEF_ID,FIRST_NAME,LAST_NAME,ACTIVE) values (3,'Minnie','Mouse',1);
--and one in Engagement table
Insert into ENGAGEMENT (ENG_ID,DEF_ID,COURT_NAME,DATE_JOINED,DATE_TERMINATED,ETHNICITY,ACTIVE) values (4,3,'BBB',to_date('05/10/12','DD/MM/RR'),null,'Latin America','1');Then I run the select statment again (without changing anything)
With Current_Engagement As
( Select Eng_Id
From Engagement
Where /*Def_Id =2
And*/ Date_Joined Is Not Null
And ( Date_Terminated Is Null Or Date_Terminated > Sysdate)
--And Rownum =1
titles as
( Select .9 dummy_rn,'1.Defendant ID' as col1, 'First Name' as col2, 'Last Name' as col3,
    'Court Name' as col4, 'Ethnicity' as col5, 'Date Joined' as col6,
    'Date Terminated' as col7
From Dual
union all
select 1.9,'2.Service ID', 'Service Description', 'Start Date', 'End Date',
    Null, Null, Null
from dual
union all
Select 2.9,'3.Event ID', 'Related Service ID', 'Start Date', 'End date', 'Notes',
    null, null
From Dual
Union All
Select 3.9,'4.Event ID', 'Start Date', 'End date', 'Notes', null, null, null
From Dual
all_titles as
( select dummy_rn,eng_id,col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7
from current_engagement,titles
select col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7
from (
      select dummy_rn,eng_id,col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7
      from all_titles
      Union All
      Select Distinct 1,ce.eng_id,decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(Def_Id)) def_id,
                      decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',First_Name) First_Name,
                      decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',last_Name) Last_Name,
                      decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',court_Name) Court_Name,
                      decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',ethnicity) Ethnicity,
             to_char(Date_Joined), to_char(Date_Terminated)
      From Base_Vw
              right outer join Current_Engagement Ce
              On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
      Union All
      Select distinct 2,ce.eng_id,
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(service_id)),
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',description) ,
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(service_start_date)),
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(service_date_terminated)) ,
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
            decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null)
      From Base_Vw
              right outer Join Current_Engagement Ce
              On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
      where service_active =1
      Union All
      Select distinct 3,ce.eng_id,
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(event_id)),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(related_service_id)),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(start_date)),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(end_date)),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',notes),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
             decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null)
      from Base_Vw
           right outer Join Current_Engagement Ce
           On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
      Where Event_Active = 1
      and related_service_id is not null
      Union All
      Select distinct 4,ce.eng_id,
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(event_id)),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(start_date)),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',to_char(end_date)),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',notes),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null),
              decode(Base_Vw.Eng_Id,null,'No Data',null)
      From Base_Vw
          right outer Join Current_Engagement Ce
          On Base_Vw.Eng_Id = Ce.Eng_Id
      Where Event_Active = 1
      and related_service_id is null
order by eng_id,dummy_rn,col1
;The result is
COL1                           COL2                           COL3                      COL4                 COL5                      COL6        COL7
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
2                              John                           Doe                       BBB                  Asian                     01/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
3                              Treatment                      01/10/12                  15/10/12
6                              Treatment                      16/10/12
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
5                              2                              03/10/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
4                              02/10/12
8                              12/10/12
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
1                              Joe                            Bloggs                    AAA                  European                  22/09/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
4                              Housing
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
7                              4                              23/09/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
6                              22/09/12                       23/09/12
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
3                              Minnie                         Mouse                     BBB                  Latin America             05/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
23 rows selected Is it possible in SQL to display it like this
COL1                           COL2                           COL3                      COL4                 COL5                      COL6        COL7
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
2                              John                           Doe                       BBB                  Asian                     01/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
3                              Treatment                      01/10/12                  15/10/12
6                              Treatment                      16/10/12
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
5                              2                              03/10/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
4                              02/10/12
8                              12/10/12
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
1                              Joe                            Bloggs                    AAA                  European                  22/09/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
4                              Housing
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
7                              4                              23/09/12
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
6                              22/09/12                       23/09/12
1.Defendant ID                 First Name                     Last Name                 Court Name           Ethnicity                 Date Joined Date Terminated
3                              Minnie                         Mouse                     BBB                  Latin America             05/10/12
2.Service ID                   Service Description            Start Date                End Date
No Service Found
3.Event ID                     Related Service ID             Start Date                End date             Notes
No Event Found
4.Event ID                     Start Date                     End date                  Notes
No Event FoundOr just a 'No data found' would do. I am thinking about create a dummy table which contains only one row with text "There is no data found". And so the outer join with the result, but I still cannot work out how to integrate with the condition in your select statement.
I really appreciate your help.

Application Developed in Apex 3.2 is not working Apex 4.1

Hi,
We have few application developed using oracle apex 3.2 and oracle 10g enterprise edition as the database also have a Apache tomcat server configured in the system. These application are running fine have no issue in production instance.
I recently installed Oracle Apex 4.1 and Oracle 10g Express Edition in my local machine to test these application in oracle 4.1. I took the same database dump and installed in the local machine no issues with the database side. I installed the application that are developed in 3.2 and installed in new local instance but this is not working.
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Thanks
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I don't understand reading so many tract file starting with
xe_s00??Most of the trace file show about {Embedded PL/SQL Gateway:} it shows is metioned below
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppr.c,495) Pl/sql block parsed...
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpdenv.c,1528) CGI Environment has 33 vars. Max name len 128, Max Value Len 512
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: PLSQL_GATEWAY(14)=(6)WebDb
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: GATEWAY_IVERSION(17)=(2)2
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: SERVER_SOFTWARE(16)=(42)Oracle >>Embedded PL/SQL Gateway/10.2.0.1.0
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: GATEWAY_INTERFACE(18)=(8)CGI/1.1
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: SERVER_PORT(12)=(5)8080
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: SERVER_NAME(12)=(16)XDB HTTP Server
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: REQUEST_METHOD(15)=(4)GET
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: QUERY_STRING(13)=(36)p=4000:1500:3165980474173701::NO:::
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: PATH_INFO(10)=(3)/f
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: SCRIPT_NAME(12)=(6)/apex
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: REMOTE_HOST(12)=(1)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: REMOTE_ADDR(12)=(10)127.0.0.1
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: SERVER_PROTOCOL(16)=(9)HTTP/1.1
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: REQUEST_PROTOCOL(17)=(4)tcp
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: REMOTE_USER(12)=(10)ANONYMOUS
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: ORACLE_SSO_USER(16)=(1)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH(20)=(2)0
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE(18)=(1)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_USER_AGENT(16)=(71)Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_HOST(10)=(15)127.0.0.1:8080
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_ACCEPT(12)=(10)text/html
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING(21)=(5)gzip
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE(21)=(6)en-IN
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_COOKIE(12)=(344)ORA_WWV_REMEMBER_UN=SUDHIR:DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC_ORA_WWV_USER_63113903525053=-1; ORA_WWV_USER_63113903525053=2AD259DDAF6770BE05FEF29509B68F5F; LOGIN_USERNAME_COOKIE=sudhir; WWV_CUSTOM-F_1638610445865577_111=CC022FAB479054CF32361C22B789D7EE; ORA_WWV_ATTRIBUTE_PAGE=4495%2C%23ALL; WWV_CUSTOM-F_1638610445865577_107=19291B8FC60BA1A47916DE46EE85F01C
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_REFERER(13)=(127)http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex/f?p=4000:1:3165980474173701::NO:RP:FB_FLOW_ID,F4000_P1_FLOW,P0_FLOWPAGE,RECENT_PAGES:109,109,109;|,
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: WEB_AUTHENT_PREFIX(19)=(1)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: DAD_NAME(9)=(5)apex
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: DOC_ACCESS_PATH(16)=(5)docs
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: DOCUMENT_TABLE(15)=(23)wwv_flow_file_objects$
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: PATH_ALIAS(11)=(1)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: REQUEST_CHARSET(16)=(9)AL32UTF8
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: REQUEST_IANA_CHARSET(21)=(6)UTF-8
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: SCRIPT_PREFIX(14)=(1)
*** ACTION NAME:() 2012-06-27 16:52:32.213
*** MODULE NAME:() 2012-06-27 16:52:32.213
*** CLIENT ID:() 2012-06-27 16:52:32.212
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,1960) Begin header parsing...
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2009) Got a line (47 bytes): X-ORACLE-IGNORE: IGNORE
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2027) X-ORACLE-IGNORE parsed
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2009) Got a line (47 bytes): X-ORACLE-IGNORE: IGNORE
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2027) X-ORACLE-IGNORE parsed
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2009) Got a line (47 bytes): X-ORACLE-IGNORE: IGNORE
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2027) X-ORACLE-IGNORE parsed
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2009) Got a line (47 bytes): X-ORACLE-IGNORE: IGNORE
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2027) X-ORACLE-IGNORE parsed
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2009) Got a line (77 bytes): Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2108) Parsed header - Content-Type:text/html; charset=utf-8
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2009) Got a line (43 bytes): X-Frame-Options: DENY
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2168) Parsed header - X-Frame-Options:DENY
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2009) Got a line (43 bytes): Content-length: 40155
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2082) Parsed header - Content-Length:40155
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2009) Got a line (1 bytes):
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,2016) End of headers detected
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,1882) Parsed begin
owa.get_page(:data__,:ndata__);
end;
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,1898) Bound drec variablesEmbedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpcs.c, 76) Executed 'begin dbms_session.reset_package; end;' (rc=0)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,1818) Going to close cursor
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpx.c,660) Normal completion
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpx.c,688) Shutdown has been called
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpx.c,700) Going to logoff
*** SESSION ID:(527.737) 2012-06-27 16:52:37.533
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpdenv.c,679) script_name='/apex' path_info='/f'script_prefix='' dad_name='apex'
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpdenv.c,792) User-Agent is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpdenv.c,1412) dadname = 'apex', path_info = 'f'
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpdenv.c,1451) Service will NOT use dynamic auth
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpx.c,394) Initialized successfully 0
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpx.c,316) SetRemoteUser : Remote User set to ANONYMOUS for this request.
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpx.c,480) Auth info from .APP file is being used
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,1729) Attempting to logon with '(unknown)'
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpu.c,1499) DBCharSet=>AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8 OWAVersion=10.1.2.0.4 (101204) OWAMatch=>1 (rc=0)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpd.c,1763) Logged in as (unknown)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpx.c,593) Going to select...
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpx.c,647) Have been asked to execute a request
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,335) Building Arglist based on Parsed Content from WRB
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,1015) Enter ParseUrlData
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: GET
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,1064) Getting Values from QUERY_STRING
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: [headers begin]
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: HTTP_COOKIE(11): (343)ORA_WWV_REMEMBER_UN=SUDHIR:DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC_ORA_WWV_USER_63113903525053=-1; ORA_WWV_USER_63113903525053=2AD259DDAF6770BE05FEF29509B68F5F; LOGIN_USERNAME_COOKIE=sudhir; WWV_CUSTOM-F_1638610445865577_111=CC022FAB479054CF32361C22B789D7EE; ORA_WWV_ATTRIBUTE_PAGE=4495%2C%23ALL; WWV_CUSTOM-F_1638610445865577_107=19291B8FC60BA1A47916DE46EE85F01C
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: [headers end]
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: p=109:1:3165980474173701:::::
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: Identifier legal p(notconverted)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,1514) indx = 1, entryCnt = 1
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,1834) Listing distinct actual names:
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,1836) p
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,1838) Listing actuals of array with large entries:
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,1843) Listing distinct actual names and values:
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,1875) p, type = 0, value (28) = 109:1:3165980474173701:::::
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppa.c,430) Arglist built, 1 unique entries
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wpx.c,654) Going to wpprodb_OciDoBlock...
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: Identifier legal f(notconverted)
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppr.c,435) start working with f
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppr.c,1017) lcase(procname): f
Embedded PL/SQL Gateway: (wppr.c,1296) The CALL block: len=1067, bind_count=9What is the next step to make the 3.2 developed application work.
Thanks
Sudhir
Edited by: Sudhir_Meru on Jun 27, 2012 5:09 AM
Edited by: Sudhir_Meru on Jun 27, 2012 5:11 AM

Dynamic image does not work in the template builder plug-in (Apex-BI Intgr)

Hi all, I posted this problem in the BI Publisher topic but nobody responded maybe this is because mods thought this is an Apex-BI integration issue.
If I'm in the wrong place, please do warn me.
The documentation says:
Direct Insertion
Insert the jpg, gif, or png image directly in your template.
...This works obviously
URL Reference
1. Insert a dummy image in your template.
2. In Microsoft Word's Format Picture dialog box select the Web tab. Enter the following syntax in the Alternative text region to reference the image URL:
url:{'http://image location'}
For example, enter: url:{'http://www.oracle.com/images/ora_log.gif'}
...This works too when I hardcode an url as url:{'http://www.google.com.tr/images/firefox/mobiledownload.png'}
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2. In Microsoft Word's Format Picture dialog box select the Web tab. Enter the following syntax in the Alternative text region to reference the image URL:
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...This, however, does not work.
I use Apex' report query tool and My query is like
select 'http://www.google.com.tr/images/firefox/mobiledownload.png' IMAGE_LOCATION from ... (a single result set for my template)
the xml data is generated with an IMAGE_LOCATION tag. I load it to word template plug-in. The Url successfully displays in the report if I make it a plain-simple field.
But when it's in the image format->web->alt text as url:{IMAGE_LOCATION} no image displayed.
I need to keep this design procedure simple so a simple word user could design a report via using just template builder plug-in. I don't wish to explore the xsl-fo area...yet.
Could you tell me why I can't get this url:{IMAGE_LOCATION} to work?
Regards
PS: My BI version: 10.1.3.4.1

Hi Oeren,
your steps seem basically to be correct. I have a tutorial how to do this here (in german)
http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/de/community/apex/tipps/pdf-dyn-images/index.html
when you see the URL corrently as long as you have it as a plain text field, the XML tag and the
referencing seem to be OK.
Here are two thought - the issue might be one of these ...
How did you insert the dummy image into the word document - did you do it via "insert" or
via "link to file". "Link to File" does not work - you must choose the simple "insert".
Another one: Does your BI Server have a connection to the internet - is the proxy server correctly set ..?
Does this help ..?
Regards
-Carsten
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