Apex substitution strings cross reference chart

Hi everybody,
i finally managed to publish the (full?) list of Apex template substitution strings, in form of cross reference chart.
Errors, omissions and comments are welcome.
See the Apex template substitutions xref chart at:
http://oraclequirks.blogspot.com/2007/07/apex-substitution-strings-cross.html
Hope it helps
Flavio

Hello Scott!
thanks for you comment, i appreciate it.
Flavio
PS: in case you are going to add or change substitution string support in future releases, it'd help a lot to have them listed in a "What's new in this release" section of the accompanying documentation.

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