Expected behavior of the Exchange portlets in release 2

I've installed the Exchange portlets in release 2 successfully. Everything works - Inbox, Calendar, Contact list. However when you update the portlet with required information i.e. Inbox user name, server, # of message rows, the portlet displays the view, but once you go to a different page and then decide to return to the page with the Exchange portlets, you need to enter that very same information again. Is this the way it is suppose to work???
Please share your experiences.
Thanks,
r/ George

George,
This may be a pain for you, but could you please walk me through the steps that you took to get the exchange portlets working? We are trying to install the exchange5.5 portlets. We are currently using Portal release 9.2.1.2.14 (i think that's it - latest release) and have upgraded to 9.0.2.4 via the December PDK we downloaded. We have also made the appropriate setup to the IIS/Exchange server and can view the test.asp pages that were provided. Do you need to deploy an .ear file on OC4J for the exchange5.5 portlets like you do for the exchange2000 portlets? Any help would be appreciated and we have read the documentation included with the Dec. pdk.zip release to no avail. Thank you.
Jeremy

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Guys,
Yes, you read the title correct.
We were testing our app on a new Oracle 11g 3 node RAC (with Netapp storage) / Apex 3.1.2 and noticed poor performance. Since the environment is completely new we thought we did something wrong in the configuration.
We also opened a SR with Oracle and provided them all the data for diagnostics.
(I will post the Oracle's response in the subsequent posts since I ran into issue with this forum. I don't know why nothing is working for me today)
Not only that, Oracle said, the following query is causing the system slowdown and tune this query (Again in seperate post).
Any help will be appreciated on tuning this query
Thanks
Balaji Chellappa
Note: I am posting this thread in pieces since this forum doesn't let me post in one shot.
{color:#0000ff}Hi,
It looks like you may be running into Bug 4755226, which unfortunately is nto really a bug as it is expected behavior.
The issue appears to be when using the owa commands.
You will need to determine what your code is doing at the time that the issue is occurring, then the {color:#ff0000}*code will need to be modified so it is not making as many owa calls*{color}
Please review the above as well as Bug 4755226 and let me know your status.
Thanks
{color}[{color:#0000ff}https://metalink.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=BUG&id=4755226{color}|https://metalink.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=BUG&id=4755226]
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The following procedure is doing a high number of GET requests causing system slowdown.
QUESTION
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1) Are you familiar with this procedure?
SQL ID: cp9jr3hp1jupk
declare rc__ number; simple_list__ owa_util.vc_arr; complex_list__ owa_util.vc_arr; begin owa.init_cgi_env(:n__, :nm__, :v__); htp.HTBUF_LEN := 63; null; null; simple_list__(1) := 'sys.%'; simple_list__(2) := 'dbms\_%'; simple_list__(3) := 'utl\_%'; simple_list__(4) := 'owa\_%'; simple_list__(5) := 'owa.%'; simple_list__(6) := 'htp.%'; simple_list__(7) := 'htf.%'; if ((wwv_flow_epg_include_modules.authorize('f') = false) or (owa_match.match_pattern(p_string => 'f' /* */, p_simple_pattern => simple_list__ , p_complex_pattern => complex_list__ , p_use_special_chars => false))) then rc__ := 2; else null; null; f(p=>:p); if (wpg_docload.is_file_download) then rc__ := 1; wpg_docload.get_download_file(:doc_info); null; null; null; commit; else rc__ := 0; null; null; null; commit; owa.get_page(:data__, :ndata__); end if; end if; :rc__ := rc__; end;
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Guys,
We had a similar issue with our system, where during peak periods our CPU is running at 100% most of the time. Our DBA isolated the problem to the SQL below:
declare
rc__ number;
simple_list__ owa_util.vc_arr;
complex_list__ owa_util.vc_arr;
begin
owa.init_cgi_env(:n__,:nm__,:v__);
htp.HTBUF_LEN := 255;
null;
null;
simple_list__(1) := 'sys.%';
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simple_list__(3) := 'utl\_%';
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simple_list__(5) := 'owa.%';
simple_list__(6) := 'htp.%';
simple_list__(7) := 'htf.%';
simple_list__(8) := 'wpg_docload.%';
if ((owa_match.match_pattern('f', simple_list__, complex_list__, true))) then
rc__ := 2;
else
null;
null;
f(p=>:p);
if (wpg_docload.is_file_download) then
rc__ := 1;
wpg_docload.get_download_file(:doc_info);
null;
null;
null;
commit;
else
rc__ := 0;
null;
null;
null;
commit;
owa.get_page(:data__,:ndata__);
end if;
end if;
:rc__ := rc__;
end;
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For more information about our experience, visit [Improving Performance of Your Oracle Application Express Software|http://www.web-backlinks.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/04/improving-performance-of-your-oracle-application-express-software/].
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I am having trouble with the exchange portlet collapsing when refreshed.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Amr El Magayry ([email protected]):
Alan ,
Comment the code that do caching in the begining of each renderShow method in each of the four renderer classes (e.g. InboxRenderer,CalendarRenderer, ...), together with login freqeuncy set to 'Always', it will work.
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Hi,
We've been trying unsuccessfully for a few days now to get a portlet to connect to our Exchange 5.5 server. Our basic requirement is to have a portlet within our Oracle Portal that can display mailbox statistics (such as the number of unread messages) and that allows the user to 'drill-down' into the Outlook client and access their Inbox and Calendar etc.
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Hi,
Have a look at the Exchange portlets provided by Oracle: http://portalstudio.oracle.com/pls/ops/docs/FOLDER/COMMUNITY/PDK/SAMPLES/WEBPORTLETS/V2/EXCHANGEPORTLET/EXCHANGE55.ZIP. There's also a version for release 1 on PortalStudio.
It doesn't allow you to drill down into the Outlook client, but instead uses Outlook Web Access to "drill down". I've installed the Exchange 2000 portlets and they work great. You can view your inbox, calendar and contacts as portlets and it's fairly easy to use the supplied code to create your own portlets e.g. for displaying tasks or notes.
If you absolutely need to "drill down" into the Outlook client, you need to run your Portal page as an Outlook Today page (inside Outlook). Look at msdn.microsoft.com for information on how to make your own Outlook Today page.
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Hi Cecilia,
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172.30.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
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172.20.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
172.21.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
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172.17.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
172.18.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
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204.154.126.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
204.154.127.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
204.154.134.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
204.154.135.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
204.154.132.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
204.154.133.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
204.154.130.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
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172.30.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
172.31.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
172.24.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
172.25.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 43
172.26.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 944
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172.20.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
172.21.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
172.22.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 77
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172.17.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
172.18.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
172.19.0.0 172.23.248.100 UG 1 0
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Tom Gellert
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