Checkboxes: ApEx vs Oracle Forms

I'd like to create a checkbox that behaves the way checkboxes do in Oracle Forms.
The underlying database column can hold the values 'Y' or 'N'.
I'd like a 'Y' to cause the checkbox to be checked and an 'N' to have it unchecked.
Similarly, if I check an unchecked checkbox, I'd like the value of 'Y' to be put into the column.
Fairly standard behaviour, I would have thought, but I can't get ApEx to do it.
Any ideas?

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