How to set an Application Item from PL/SQL

Question

I am attempting to set an Application Item
After login to my app, I want to retrieve a row from my SETTINGS table and populate some Application Items with the settings information so that I can
display some of that settings information on every page.
Just to start, I created one Application Item named F106_YEAR
I then created a Shared Components Application Process which executes on New Session: After Authentication
I created this process as an Anynomous PL/SQL block.
declare
aucyr varchar(4);
begin
select year into auctyr
from settings;
:F106_YEAR := aucyr;
end;
I've tried a couple of other Syntax tricks attempting to reference the Application Item F106_YEAR from within PL/SQL (like V('F106_YEAR') but nothing seems to be working.
I'm sure that I am missing something simple. Can someone tell me how to set an Application Item from PL/SQL?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I'm still doing something wrong because this is not working for me.
I've tried both of the following versions as an Application Process set to run on New Session after Authentication:
declare
auction_year varchar(4);
begin
select year into auction_year
from PBUUC.SETTINGS where rownum < 2;
:F106_AUCTION_YEAR:=auction_year;
end;
and I also tried:
declare
auction_year varchar(4);
begin
select year into auction_year
from PBUUC.SETTINGS where rownum < 2;
APEX_UTIL.SET_SESSION_STATE (p_name, p_value);
end;
F106_YEAR is a global Item (shared components).
The select statement works just fine in SQL*PLUS so I know that it is correct.
If I run the debugger and log into the application, here is the output. Shouldn't I see my Application Process get called if it is set to run on New Session after Validation?
My Application process is named RETRIEVE_AUCTION_SETTINGS
0.01: A C C E P T: Request="P101_PASSWORD"
0.01: Metadata: Fetch application definition and shortcuts
0.01: alter session set nls_language="AMERICAN"
0.01: alter session set nls_territory="AMERICA"
0.01: ...NLS: Set Decimal separator="."
0.01: ...NLS: Set NLS Group separator=","
0.01: ...NLS: Set date format="DD-MON-RR"
0.01: ...Setting session time_zone to -04:00
0.01: NLS: wwv_flow.g_flow_language_derived_from=0: wwv_flow.g_browser_language=en-us
0.01: Fetch session state from database
0.02: ...Check session 695371898690095 owner
0.02: ...Check for session expiration:
0.02: ...Metadata: Fetch Page, Computation, Process, and Branch
0.02: Session: Fetch session header information
0.02: ...Metadata: Fetch page attributes for application 106, page 101
0.03: ...Validate item page affinity.
0.03: ...Validate hidden_protected items.
0.03: ...Check authorization security schemes
0.03: Session State: Save form items and p_arg_values
0.03: ...Session State: Save "P101_USERNAME" - saving same value: "jps"
0.03: Processing point: ON_SUBMIT_BEFORE_COMPUTATION
0.03: Branch point: BEFORE_COMPUTATION
0.03: Computation point: AFTER_SUBMIT
0.03: Tabs: Perform Branching for Tab Requests
0.03: Branch point: BEFORE_VALIDATION
0.03: Perform validations:
0.03: Branch point: BEFORE_PROCESSING
0.03: Processing point: AFTER_SUBMIT
0.03: ...Process "Set Username Cookie": PLSQL (AFTER_SUBMIT) begin owa_util.mime_header('text/html', FALSE); owa_cookie.send( name=>'LOGIN_USERNAME_COOKIE', value=>lower(:P101_USERNAME)); exception when others then null; end;
0.04: ...Process "Login": PLSQL (AFTER_SUBMIT) wwv_flow_custom_auth_std.login( P_UNAME => :P101_USERNAME, P_PASSWORD => :P101_PASSWORD, P_SESSION_ID => v('APP_SESSION'), P_FLOW_PAGE => :APP_ID||':1' );
0.06: ...Process "Clear Page(s) Cache": CLEAR_CACHE_FOR_PAGES (AFTER_SUBMIT) 101
0.06: Nulling cache for application "106" page: 101
0.00:
0.00: S H O W: application="106" page="1" workspace="" request="" session="695371898690095"
0.01: alter session set nls_language="AMERICAN"
0.01: alter session set nls_territory="AMERICA"
0.01: ...NLS: Set Decimal separator="."
0.01: ...NLS: Set NLS Group separator=","
0.01: ...NLS: Set date format="DD-MON-RR"
0.01: ...Setting session time_zone to -04:00
0.01: NLS: wwv_flow.g_flow_language_derived_from=0: wwv_flow.g_browser_language=en-us
0.01: Application 106, Authentication: CUSTOM2, Page Template: 2904114531488186
0.01: ...Session ID 695371898690095 can be used
0.01: ...Application session: 695371898690095, user=JPS
0.01: ...Determine if user "JPS" workspace "1040027630222986" can develop application "106" in workspace "1040027630222986"
0.01: ...Check for session expiration:
0.01: Session: Fetch session header information
0.01: ...Metadata: Fetch page attributes for application 106, page 1
0.01: Fetch session state from database
0.02: Branch point: BEFORE_HEADER
0.02: Fetch application meta data
0.02: Computation point: BEFORE_HEADER
0.02: Processing point: BEFORE_HEADER
0.03: Show page template header
0.03: Computation point: AFTER_HEADER
0.03: Processing point: AFTER_HEADER     
0.04: Computation point: BEFORE_BOX_BODY
0.04: Processing point: BEFORE_BOX_BODY
0.04: Region: Auction_Title F106_AUCTION_YEAR