Can Oracle APEX access/report against an Oracle9i datbase?

Can Oracle APEX access/report against an Oracle9i datbase? I know APEX has to be installed on Oracle 11g or 12c. I have a 11g environment to install it in, but I want to have ti read data from an existing 9i databasethat we are unable to upgrade at this time.

APEX can create reports on any data that the database (which is running APEX) can access.
This becomes a database question that is usually found in the General forum:
How can an Oracle 11g database access data from an <place a name of a database here> database?
One common answers: Database Links.
(Materialized Views and Golden Gate come to mind... but, again... these are database problems, not APEX problems.)
I'll let others comment on the practicality of these solutions.
MK

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Can Oracle APEX work with other databases like Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase... etc.?

Though, the Generic Connectivity does not cost extra.
It doesn't have all the features of Transparent Gateway, but if you can access the foreign database with an ODBC driver,
it's an easy way to integrate multiple databases.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14232/gencon.htm#HETER007
In one application, I pull data into materialized views from MS Access and Lotus Notes.
Since Apex lives in an Oracle database, it inherits all of the functionality of Oracle.
There's not much it can't do.

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I am using APEX 4.2, DB 11.2.
I have created 2 reports in the page and the time that is taken to load this page is very huge.
To speed up the performance materialized views were used on queries, but still the performance is the same.
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ghini wrote:
Hi,
I am using APEX 4.2, DB 11.2.
I have created 2 reports in the page and the time that is taken to load this page is very huge.
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Check query performance very carefully. If you execute the SQL more than once in a short amount of time the data will be in memory and accessed more quickly. It is possible that your fast response time was against cached data and therefore faster. If this is the case further tuning the SQL (the MV query) may help.
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Can Oracle Forms access SAP R/3's Oracle 9i Database?

I have an SAP R/3 with an Oracle 9i R2 database.
I would like to access the contents of say KNA1 in Oracle 9i.
Has any one try to integrate SAP R/3 using an Oracle Forms, say formaple, to maintain or just search/enquiry customer details in the table called KNA1?
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Oracle APEX Classic Report Break Formatting

I created a classic report. Under report attributes I defined Break Formatting as "First, Second and Third Column".
The data columns for this report are Domain, Discipline, TechnologyArea and Products.
Domain is the parent. Discipline is a child of domain. TechnologyArea is the child of Discipline. Products are children of TechnologyAreas.
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Given this pattern, if there were an option for First, Second, Third and Fourth columns I think that would give me the report I want - but there's not. Can anyone tell me how to stop TechnologyArea from repeating on every row?

This look about right?
notice the last two records in the with statement are duplicates.
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    select 'REPTILE', 'SNAKE', 'PYTHON',    'HEAT LAMP' from dual union all
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select
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    case when discepline     != nvl(discepline_lag,    ':START:') then discepline     else null end as discepline,
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from(
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           lag(discepline,1)     over(order by domain, discepline, technologyarea, product) discepline_lag,
           lag(technologyarea,1) over(order by domain, discepline, technologyarea, product) technologyarea_lag,
           lag(product,1)        over(order by domain, discepline, technologyarea, product) product_lag
      from test_data
     order by domain, discepline, technologyarea, product)
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edit
I did not understand the question properly before submitting this. Here it is anyway.
Cheers,
Tyson Jouglet
Edited by: Tyson Jouglet on Jan 26, 2011 2:42 PM

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I can open a regular *.pdf file.
I have the following configuration for my Oracle APEX application:
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Well, is the PDF actualyl allowing to be printed? Check File --> Properties in Reader/ Acrobat.
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Can APEX produce report output similar to "Oracle Discover report"

Hi All:
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http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=31517:1
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Can Oracle materialized view be used as crystal report datasource

Hi,
Can we use materialized view created in Orace 10g database as the data source of crystal reports.
I'm using Crystal reports Server 2008 V1 version. I'm unable to find the materialized view under my data connection. I can see only tables, static views and stored procedures.
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Hello all,
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Hi,
I want to dynamically change the where condition in APEX report query. Can anyone help me solve my this problem?
(Just want to change the query which we change in Oracle Reports using lexical parameter to change &Where, &Order by etc. dynamically!!)
Thanks, Praful

Hi
I've been using flexible queries in APEX for a few years now, and your question just added a whole new dimension to the flexible and powerful nature or writing reports in APEX.
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1. Define an SQL report entering the 'core' of your query.
With a query like SELECT ENAME, JOB FROM EMP
Select 'Generic Columns' option in the 'Column Headings' section
Finish the report creation
2. Define a page item - say P200_LEXICAL - type text on the page
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SELECT ENAME, JOB FROM EMP &P200_LEXICAL. (REMEMBER THE '.' AT THE END)
Ensure that the option "Use Generic Column Names (parse query at runtime only)" is selected at the bottom of the query
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Try any variant you like adding an ORDER BY clause etc...... this is FUN!
7. Clear the value of the LEXICAL and click go.
Edit the report and move the &P200_LEXICAL. into the selected columns (or add another one)
SELECT ENAME, JOB &P200_LEXICAL. FROM EMP
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Eat your heart out "Oracle Reports"!!!
Have fun
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Hi,
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Any help would be appreciated.
======================================================
declare
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begin
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Hi ATD,
Thanks for the suggestions.
Now i have replaced the code as
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plsql reportEdit
report error:
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DEPTNO     Ename
and in case i change
select dname from dept ; for select dname ,deptno from dept ;
then i m able to see only the col deptno , but in query i never used dept...
I am unable to get where is the mistake ..
Kindly to a favour by using the above link & checking the application .
Regards,
Nandini Thakur.
Edited by: Nandini thakur on Nov 25, 2010 3:59 AM

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