HTMLDB & PHP

Oracle Apache server comes linked with PHP4. Is there a way to execute PHP code
from an HTMLDB region? Allowing users to extend HTMLDB with custom made scripts
would be a major improvement, at least in my opinion.

Kind of off-topic, but welcome to the Apex forum Mladen!
Once you start getting some of these PHP integration things worked out, I'm sure you'll benefit the forum with your "style" of message postings.
Beware though that this forum has many people that are nowhere near the expert level you're accustomed to off the oracle-l list, so please be nice with us. Your level of expertise is greatly welcomed.
Bill Ferguson

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Need help on integrating htmldb with asp/jsp/php

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If you have done this before or any ideas, will be much appreciated.
Thanks very much
James

James,
sometimes it makes sense to look at these things from a different (and broader) perspective.
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Just a different way to look at it.
~Dietmar.

Problem with htmldb 2 (Sorry APEX)!

I installed htmldb 2 on a windows XP, Oracle 10gR1 (which has enhanced by companion CD downloaded form Oracle's site). Everything went OK but when I want to connect to it by this url: http://localhost:7777/pls/htmldb it takes my username,pass but says:
"Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
Oracle-HTTP-Server/1.3.28 Server at localhost Port 7777"
I noticed many differences between my installed Apache and documents of htmldb. I run a 9.0.4.0.0 Apache server and the dads.conf and httpd.conf are as following:
# ============================================================================
# mod_plsql DAD Configuration File
# ============================================================================
# 1. Please refer to dads.README for a description of this file
# ============================================================================
# Note: This file should typically be included in your plsql.conf file with
# the "include" directive.
# Hint: You can look at some sample DADs in the dads.README file
# ============================================================================
Alias /i/ "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\images/"
<Location /pls/htmldb>
SetHandler pls_handler
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
AllowOverride None
PlsqlDatabaseUsername HTMLDB_PUBLIC_USER
PlsqlDatabasePassword @BI+fAonVS+7xU8G04irVINWznM6s+A9fuQ==
PlsqlDatabaseConnectString chagh
PlsqlDefaultPage htmldb
PlsqlDocumentTablename wwv_flow_file_objects$
PlsqlDocumentPath docs
PlsqlDocumentProcedure wwv_flow_file_mgr.process_download
PlsqlAuthenticationMode Basic
PlsqlNLSLanguage AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8
</Location>
# Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.
# This is the main Apache server configuration file. It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See <URL:http://www.apache.org/docs/> for detailed information about
# the directives.
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do. They're here only as hints or reminders. If you are unsure
# consult the online docs. You have been warned.
# After this file is processed, the server will look for and process
# E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache/conf/srm.conf and then E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache/conf/access.conf
# unless you have overridden these with ResourceConfig and/or
# AccessConfig directives here.
# The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:
# 1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as a
# whole (the 'global environment').
# 2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default' server,
# which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.
# These directives also provide default values for the settings
# of all virtual hosts.
# 3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to
# different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the
# same Apache server process.
# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
# server will use that explicit path. If the filenames do not begin
# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "logs/foo.log"
# with ServerRoot set to "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache" will be interpreted by the
# server as "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache/logs/foo.log".
# NOTE: Where filenames are specified, you must use forward slashes
# instead of backslashes (e.g., "c:/apache" instead of "c:\apache").
# If a drive letter is omitted, the drive on which Apache.exe is located
# will be used by default. It is recommended that you always supply
# an explicit drive letter in absolute paths, however, to avoid
# confusion.
### Section 1: Global Environment
# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,
# such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it
# can find its configuration files.
# ServerType is either inetd, or standalone. Inetd mode is only supported on
# Unix platforms.
ServerType standalone
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
# Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.
ServerRoot "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache"
# PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process
# identification number when it starts.
PidFile logs/httpd.pid
# ScoreBoardFile: File used to store internal server process information.
# Not all architectures require this. But if yours does (you'll know because
# this file will be created when you run Apache) then you must ensure that
# no two invocations of Apache share the same scoreboard file.
ScoreBoardFile logs/httpd.scoreboard
# In the standard configuration, the server will process httpd.conf (this
# file, specified by the -f command line option), srm.conf, and access.conf
# in that order. The latter two files are now distributed empty, as it is
# recommended that all directives be kept in a single file for simplicity.
# The commented-out values below are the built-in defaults. You can have the
# server ignore these files altogether by using "/dev/null" (for Unix) or
# "nul" (for Win32) for the arguments to the directives.
#ResourceConfig conf/srm.conf
#AccessConfig conf/access.conf
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
Timeout 300
# SendBufferSize: controls setsockopt() call made to set send buffer size on
# all sockets. Default OS value on most Windows platforms is too small.
# Larger values can help if the average page size served by OHS is
# large (~64 k)
SendBufferSize 16384
# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.
KeepAlive On
# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow
# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.
# We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the
# same client on the same connection.
KeepAliveTimeout 15
# Apache on Win32 always creates one child process to handle requests. If it
# dies, another child process is created automatically. Within the child
# process multiple threads handle incoming requests. The next two
# directives control the behaviour of the threads and processes.
# MaxRequestsPerChild: the number of requests each child process is
# allowed to process before the child dies. The child will exit so
# as to avoid problems after prolonged use when Apache (and maybe the
# libraries it uses) leak memory or other resources. On most systems, this
# isn't really needed, but a few (such as Solaris) do have notable leaks
# in the libraries. For Win32, set this value to zero (unlimited)
# unless advised otherwise.
# NOTE: This value does not include keepalive requests after the initial
# request per connection. For example, if a child process handles
# an initial request and 10 subsequent "keptalive" requests, it
# would only count as 1 request towards this limit.
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
# Number of concurrent threads (i.e., requests) the server will allow.
# Set this value according to the responsiveness of the server (more
# requests active at once means they're all handled more slowly) and
# the amount of system resources you'll allow the server to consume.
ThreadsPerChild 50
# Server-pool size regulation. Rather than making you guess how many
# server processes you need, Apache dynamically adapts to the load it
# sees --- that is, it tries to maintain enough server processes to
# handle the current load, plus a few spare servers to handle transient
# load spikes (e.g., multiple simultaneous requests from a single
# Netscape browser).
# It does this by periodically checking how many servers are waiting
# for a request. If there are fewer than MinSpareServers, it creates
# a new spare. If there are more than MaxSpareServers, some of the
# spares die off. The default values are probably OK for most sites.
#MinSpareServers 5
#MaxSpareServers 20
# Limit on total number of servers running, i.e., limit on the number
# of clients who can simultaneously connect --- if this limit is ever
# reached, clients will be LOCKED OUT, so it should NOT BE SET TOO LOW.
# It is intended mainly as a brake to keep a runaway server from taking
# the system with it as it spirals down...
#MaxClients 150
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, in addition to the default. See also the <VirtualHost>
# directive.
#Listen 3000
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
# BindAddress: You can support virtual hosts with this option. This directive
# is used to tell the server which IP address to listen to. It can either
# contain "*", an IP address, or a fully qualified Internet domain name.
# See also the <VirtualHost> and Listen directives.
#BindAddress *
# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
# To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
# have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
# directives contained in it are actually available before they are used.
# Please read the file README.DSO in the Apache 1.3 distribution for more
# details about the DSO mechanism and run `apache -l' for the list of already
# built-in (statically linked and thus always available) modules in your Apache
# binary.
# Note: The order in which modules are loaded is important. Don't change
# the order below without expert advice.
# Example:
# LoadModule foo_module libexec/mod_foo.dll
LoadModule mime_magic_module      modules/ApacheModuleMimeMagic.dll
LoadModule mime_module          modules/ApacheModuleMime.dll
LoadModule dbm_auth_module     modules/ApacheModuleAuthDBM.dll
LoadModule digest_auth_module     modules/ApacheModuleAuthDigest.dll
LoadModule anon_auth_module      modules/ApacheModuleAuthAnon.dll
LoadModule cern_meta_module      modules/ApacheModuleCERNMeta.dll
LoadModule digest_module      modules/ApacheModuleDigest.dll
LoadModule expires_module      modules/ApacheModuleExpires.dll
LoadModule headers_module      modules/ApacheModuleHeaders.dll
LoadModule proxy_module      modules/ApacheModuleProxy.dll
LoadModule speling_module      modules/ApacheModuleSpeling.dll
LoadModule status_module      modules/ApacheModuleStatus.dll
LoadModule info_module          modules/ApacheModuleInfo.dll
LoadModule usertrack_module      modules/ApacheModuleUserTrack.dll
LoadModule vhost_alias_module     modules/ApacheModuleVhostAlias.dll
LoadModule agent_log_module     modules/ApacheModuleLogAgent.dll
LoadModule referer_log_module     modules/ApacheModuleLogReferer.dll
LoadModule perl_module      modules/ApacheModulePerl.DLL
LoadModule fastcgi_module      modules/ApacheModuleFastCGI.dll
LoadModule onsint_module      modules/ApacheModuleOnsint.dll
LoadModule wchandshake_module     modules/ApacheModuleWchandshake.dll
ClearModuleList
AddModule mod_so.c
AddModule mod_onsint.c
AddModule mod_mime_magic.c
AddModule mod_mime.c
AddModule mod_access.c
AddModule mod_auth.c
AddModule mod_negotiation.c
AddModule mod_include.c
AddModule mod_autoindex.c
AddModule mod_dir.c
AddModule mod_cgi.c
AddModule mod_userdir.c
AddModule mod_alias.c
AddModule mod_env.c
AddModule mod_log_config.c
AddModule mod_asis.c
AddModule mod_imap.c
AddModule mod_actions.c
AddModule mod_setenvif.c
AddModule mod_isapi.c
AddModule mod_vhost_alias.c
AddModule mod_log_referer.c
AddModule mod_log_agent.c
AddModule mod_auth_anon.c
AddModule mod_auth_dbm.c
AddModule mod_auth_digest.c
AddModule mod_cern_meta.c
AddModule mod_digest.c
AddModule mod_expires.c
AddModule mod_headers.c
AddModule mod_proxy.c
AddModule mod_speling.c
AddModule mod_info.c
AddModule mod_status.c
AddModule mod_usertrack.c
AddModule mod_perl.c
AddModule mod_fastcgi.c
AddModule mod_wchandshake.c
<IfDefine SSL>
LoadModule ossl_module      modules/ApacheModuleOSSL.DLL
</IfDefine>
# ExtendedStatus controls whether Apache will generate "full" status
# information (ExtendedStatus On) or just basic information (ExtendedStatus
# Off) when the "server-status" handler is called. The default is Off.
ExtendedStatus On
### Section 2: 'Main' server configuration
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition. These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
# Port: The port to which the standalone server listens. Certain firewall
# products must be configured before Apache can listen to a specific port.
# Other running httpd servers will also interfere with this port. Disable
# all firewall, security, and other services if you encounter problems.
# To help diagnose problems use the Windows NT command NETSTAT -a
Port 7777
Listen 7777
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed. This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents.
ServerAdmin [email protected]
# ServerName allows you to set a host name which is sent back to clients for
# your server if it's different than the one the program would get (i.e., use
# "www" instead of the host's real name).
# Note: You cannot just invent host names and hope they work. The name you
# define here must be a valid DNS name for your host. If you don't understand
# this, ask your network administrator.
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
# You will have to access it by its address (e.g., http://123.45.67.89/)
# anyway, and this will make redirections work in a sensible way.
# 127.0.0.1 is the TCP/IP local loop-back address, often named localhost. Your
# machine always knows itself by this address. If you use Apache strictly for
# local testing and development, you may use 127.0.0.1 as the server name.
ServerName localhost
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
DocumentRoot "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\htdocs"
# Each directory to which Apache has access, can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# permissions.
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
<Directory "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\htdocs">
# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",
# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named explicitly --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
# override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",
# "AuthConfig", and "Limit"
AllowOverride None
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
# UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home
# directory if a ~user request is received.
# Under Win32, we do not currently try to determine the home directory of
# a Windows login, so a format such as that below needs to be used. See
# the UserDir documentation for details.
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
     UserDir "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\users\"
</IfModule>
# Control access to UserDir directories. The following is an example
# for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.
#<Directory /home/*/public_html>
# AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
# Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
# <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
# Order allow,deny
# Allow from all
# </Limit>
# <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
# </LimitExcept>
#</Directory>
# DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written HTML
# directory index. Separate multiple entries with spaces.
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for access control information.
AccessFileName .htaccess
# The following lines prevent .htaccess files from being viewed by
# Web clients. Since .htaccess files often contain authorization
# information, access is disallowed for security reasons. Comment
# these lines out if you want Web visitors to see the contents of
# .htaccess files. If you change the AccessFileName directive above,
# be sure to make the corresponding changes here.
# Also, folks tend to use names such as .htpasswd for password
# files, so this will protect those as well.
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>
# CacheNegotiatedDocs: By default, Apache sends "Pragma: no-cache" with each
# document that was negotiated on the basis of content. This asks proxy
# servers not to cache the document. Uncommenting the following line disables
# this behavior, and proxies will be allowed to cache the documents.
#CacheNegotiatedDocs
# UseCanonicalName: (new for 1.3) With this setting turned on, whenever
# Apache needs to construct a self-referencing URL (a URL that refers back
# to the server the response is coming from) it will use ServerName and
# Port to form a "canonical" name. With this setting off, Apache will
# use the hostname:port that the client supplied, when possible. This
# also affects SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT in CGI scripts.
UseCanonicalName On
# TypesConfig describes where the mime.types file (or equivalent) is
# to be found.
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
TypesConfig conf/mime.types
</IfModule>
# DefaultType is the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
DefaultType text/plain
# The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from the
# contents of the file itself to determine its type. The MIMEMagicFile
# directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
# mod_mime_magic is not part of the default server (you have to add
# it yourself with a LoadModule [see the DSO paragraph in the 'Global
# Environment' section], or recompile the server and include mod_mime_magic
# as part of the configuration), so it's enclosed in an <IfModule> container.
# This means that the MIMEMagicFile directive will only be processed if the
# module is part of the server.
<IfModule mod_mime_magic.c>
MIMEMagicFile conf/magic
</IfModule>
# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses
# e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off).
# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
# had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that
# each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the
# nameserver.
HostnameLookups Off
# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here. If you do define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
ErrorLog "|E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\bin\rotatelogs logs/error_log 43200"
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error.log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
# Alternate "common" format to use when fronted by webcache:
# LogFormat "%{ClientIP}i %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b %h" common_webcache
# When webcache is forwarding requests to OHS, %h becomes the IP of
# the originating webcache server and the real client IP is stored
# in the ClientIP header. The common_webcache format can be used
# in place of the common format when using webcache but with one
# important caveat: if clients are capable of bypassing webcache
# then it is possible to spoof the client IP by manually setting
# the ClientIP header so the %h field should be monitored in such
# an environment. Another alternative to specifying the ClientIP
# header directly in a LogFormat is to use the "UseWebCacheIp"
# directive:
# UseWebCacheIp On
# When this is specified, %h is derived internally from the ClientIP
# header and the access log format does not need to be modified.
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent
# The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
# If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
# container, they will be logged here. Contrariwise, if you do
# define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
# logged therein and not in this file.
CustomLog "|E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\bin\rotatelogs logs/access_log 43200" common
# If you would like to have agent and referer logfiles, uncomment the
# following directives.
#CustomLog logs/referer.log referer
#CustomLog logs/agent.log agent
# If you prefer a single logfile with access, agent, and referer information
# (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
#CustomLog logs/access.log combined
# Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host
# name to server-generated pages (error documents, FTP directory listings,
# mod_status and mod_info output etc., but not CGI generated documents).
# Set to "EMail" to also include a mailto: link to the ServerAdmin.
# Set to one of: On | Off | EMail
ServerSignature On
# Apache parses all CGI scripts for the shebang line by default.
# This comment line, the first line of the script, consists of the symbols
# pound (#) and exclamation (!) followed by the path of the program that
# can execute this specific script. For a perl script, with perl.exe in
# the C:\Program Files\Perl directory, the shebang line should be:
#!c:/program files/perl/perl
# Note you mustnot_ indent the actual shebang line, and it must be the
# first line of the file. Of course, CGI processing must be enabled by
# the appropriate ScriptAlias or Options ExecCGI directives for the files
# or directory in question.
# However, Apache on Windows allows either the Unix behavior above, or can
# use the Registry to match files by extention. The command to execute
# a file of this type is retrieved from the registry by the same method as
# the Windows Explorer would use to handle double-clicking on a file.
# These script actions can be configured from the Windows Explorer View menu,
# 'Folder Options', and reviewing the 'File Types' tab. Clicking the Edit
# button allows you to modify the Actions, of which Apache 1.3 attempts to
# perform the 'Open' Action, and failing that it will try the shebang line.
# This behavior is subject to change in Apache release 2.0.
# Each mechanism has it's own specific security weaknesses, from the means
# to run a program you didn't intend the website owner to invoke, and the
# best method is a matter of great debate.
# To enable the this Windows specific behavior (and therefore -disable- the
# equivilant Unix behavior), uncomment the following directive:
#ScriptInterpreterSource registry
# The directive above can be placed in individual <Directory> blocks or the
# .htaccess file, with either the 'registry' (Windows behavior) or 'script'
# (Unix behavior) option, and will override this server default option.
# Aliases: Add here as many aliases as you need (with no limit). The format is
# Alias fakename realname
<IfModule mod_alias.c>
# Note that if you include a trailing / on fakename then the server will
# require it to be present in the URL. So "/icons" isn't aliased in this
# example, only "/icons/"..
Alias /jservdocs/ "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Jserv\docs/"
Alias /javacachedocs/ "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\javacache\javadoc/"
Alias /icons/ "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\icons/"
Alias /i/ "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\images/"
<Directory "icons">
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
<IfModule mod_perl.c>
     Alias /perl/ "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache/cgi-bin/"
</IfModule>
# ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
# ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
# documents in the realname directory are treated as applications and
# run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the client.
# The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias directives as to
# Alias.
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\cgi-bin/"
# "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
<Directory "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</IfModule>
# End of aliases.
# Redirect allows you to tell clients about documents which used to exist in
# your server's namespace, but do not anymore. This allows you to tell the
# clients where to look for the relocated document.
# Format: Redirect old-URI new-URL
# Directives controlling the display of server-generated directory listings.
<IfModule mod_autoindex.c>
# FancyIndexing is whether you want fancy directory indexing or standard
# Note, add the option TrackModified to the IndexOptions default list only
# if all indexed directories reside on NTFS volumes. The TrackModified flag
# will report the Last-Modified date to assist caches and proxies to properly
# track directory changes, but it does not work on FAT volumes.
IndexOptions FancyIndexing
# AddIcon* directives tell the server which icon to show for different
# files or filename extensions. These are only displayed for
# FancyIndexed directories.
AddIconByEncoding (CMP,/icons/compressed.gif) x-compress x-gzip
AddIconByType (TXT,/icons/text.gif) text/*
AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image2.gif) image/*
AddIconByType (SND,/icons/sound2.gif) audio/*
AddIconByType (VID,/icons/movie.gif) video/*
AddIcon /icons/binary.gif .bin .exe
AddIcon /icons/binhex.gif .hqx
AddIcon /icons/tar.gif .tar
AddIcon /icons/world2.gif .wrl .wrl.gz .vrml .vrm .iv
AddIcon /icons/compressed.gif .Z .z .tgz .gz .zip
AddIcon /icons/a.gif .ps .ai .eps
AddIcon /icons/layout.gif .html .shtml .htm .pdf
AddIcon /icons/text.gif .txt
AddIcon /icons/c.gif .c
AddIcon /icons/p.gif .pl .py
AddIcon /icons/f.gif .for
AddIcon /icons/dvi.gif .dvi
AddIcon /icons/uuencoded.gif .uu
AddIcon /icons/script.gif .conf .sh .shar .csh .ksh .tcl
AddIcon /icons/tex.gif .tex
AddIcon /icons/bomb.gif core
AddIcon /icons/back.gif ..
AddIcon /icons/hand.right.gif README
AddIcon /icons/folder.gif ^^DIRECTORY^^
AddIcon /icons/blank.gif ^^BLANKICON^^
# DefaultIcon is which icon to show for files which do not have an icon
# explicitly set.
DefaultIcon /icons/unknown.gif
# AddDescription allows you to place a short description after a file in
# server-generated indexes. These are only displayed for FancyIndexed
# directories.
# Format: AddDescription "description" filename
#AddDescription "GZIP compressed document" .gz
#AddDescription "tar archive" .tar
#AddDescription "GZIP compressed tar archive" .tgz
# ReadmeName is the name of the README file the server will look for by
# default, and append to directory listings.
# HeaderName is the name of a file which should be prepended to
# directory indexes.
# If MultiViews are amongst the Options in effect, the server will
# first look for name.html and include it if found. If name.html
# doesn't exist, the server will then look for name.txt and include
# it as plaintext if found.
ReadmeName README
HeaderName HEADER
# IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore
# and not include in the listing. Shell-style wildcarding is permitted.
IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS CVS *,v *,t
</IfModule>
# End of indexing directives.
# Document types.
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers (Mosaic/X 2.1+) uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
# Despite the name similarity, the following Add* directives have nothing
# to do with the FancyIndexing customization directives above.
AddEncoding x-compress Z
AddEncoding x-gzip gz tgz
# AddLanguage allows you to specify the language of a document. You can
# then use content negotiation to give a browser a file in a language
# it can understand.
# Note 1: The suffix does not have to be the same as the language
# keyword --- those with documents in Polish (whose net-standard
# language code is pl) may wish to use "AddLanguage pl .po" to
# avoid the ambiguity with the common suffix for perl scripts.
# Note 2: The example entries below illustrate that in quite
# some cases the two character 'Language' abbriviation is not
# identical to the two character 'Country' code for its country,
# E.g. 'Danmark/dk' versus 'Danish/da'.
# Note 3: In the case of 'ltz' we violate the RFC by using a three char
# specifier. But there is 'work in progress' to fix this and get
# the reference data for rfc1766 cleaned up.
# Danish (da) - Dutch (nl) - English (en) - Estonian (ee)
# French (fr) - German (de) - Greek-Modern (el)
# Italian (it) - Korean (kr) - Norwegian (no)
# Portugese (pt) - Luxembourgeois* (ltz)
# Spanish (es) - Swedish (sv) - Catalan (ca) - Czech(cz)
# Polish (pl) - Brazilian Portuguese (pt-br) - Japanese (ja)
# Russian (ru)
AddLanguage ar .ar
AddLanguage da .dk .da
AddLanguage nl .nl
AddLanguage en .en
AddLanguage et .ee
AddLanguage fi .fi
AddLanguage fr .fr
AddLanguage de .de
AddLanguage el .el
AddLanguage es .es_ES .es
AddLanguage he .he .iw
AddLanguage hu .hu
AddCharset ISO-8859-8 .iso8859-8
AddLanguage it .it
AddLanguage ja .ja
AddCharset ISO-2022-JP .jis
AddLanguage ko .ko
AddLanguage kr .kr
AddCharset ISO-2022-KR .iso-kr
AddLanguage nn .nn
AddLanguage no .no
AddLanguage pl .po
AddCharset ISO-8859-2 .iso-pl
AddLanguage pt .pt
AddLanguage pt-br .pt_BR .pt-br
AddLanguage ltz .lu
AddLanguage ca .ca
AddLanguage sk .sk
AddLanguage sv .sv
AddLanguage th .th
AddLanguage tr .tr
AddLanguage cz .cz .cs
AddLanguage ro .ro
AddLanguage ru .ru
AddLanguage zh-cn .zh_CN
AddLanguage zh-tw .zh_TW
AddCharset Big5 .Big5 .big5
AddCharset WINDOWS-1251 .cp-1251
AddCharset CP866 .cp866
AddCharset ISO-8859-5 .iso-ru
AddCharset KOI8-R .koi8-r
AddCharset UCS-2 .ucs2
AddCharset UCS-4 .ucs4
AddCharset UTF-8 .utf8
# LanguagePriority allows you to give precedence to some languages
# in case of a tie during content negotiation.
# Just list the languages in decreasing order of preference. We have
# more or less alphabetized them here. You probably want to change this.
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
LanguagePriority ar en da nl et fi fr de el it ja ko kr no pl pt pt-br ro ru ltz ca es sk sv th tr zh-cn zh-tw zh-cn
</IfModule>
# AddType allows you to tweak mime.types without actually editing it, or to
# make certain files to be certain types.
# For example, the PHP 3.x module (not part of the Apache distribution - see
# http://www.php.net) will typically use:
#AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3
#AddType application/x-httpd-php3-source .phps
# And for PHP 4.x, use:
#AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
#AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
AddType application/x-tar .tgz
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers",
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action command (see below)
# If you want to use server side includes, or CGI outside
# ScriptAliased directories, uncomment the following lines.
# To use CGI scripts:
#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
# To use server-parsed HTML files
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
AddType text/xml xbl
AddType text/x-component htc
# Uncomment the following line to enable Apache's send-asis HTTP file
# feature
#AddHandler send-as-is asis
# If you wish to use server-parsed imagemap files, use
#AddHandler imap-file map
# To enable type maps, you might want to use
#AddHandler type-map var
</IfModule>
# End of document types.
# Action lets you define media types that will execute a script whenever
# a matching file is called. This eliminates the need for repeated URL
# pathnames for oft-used CGI file processors.
# Format: Action media/type /cgi-script/location
# Format: Action handler-name /cgi-script/location
# MetaDir: specifies the name of the directory in which Apache can find
# meta information files. These files contain additional HTTP headers
# to include when sending the document
#MetaDir .web
# MetaSuffix: specifies the file name suffix for the file containing the
# meta information.
#MetaSuffix .meta
# Customizable error response (Apache style)
# these come in three flavors
# 1) plain text
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo.
# n.b. the single leading (") marks it as text, it does not get output
# 2) local redirects
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
# to redirect to local URL /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl
# N.B.: You can redirect to a script or a document using server-side-includes.
# 3) external redirects
#ErrorDocument 402 http://some.other_server.com/subscription_info.html
# N.B.: Many of the environment variables associated with the original
# request will not be available to such a script.
# Customize behaviour based on the browser
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
# The following directives modify normal HTTP response behavior.
# The first directive disables keepalive for Netscape 2.x and browsers that
# spoof it. There are known problems with these browser implementations.
# The second directive is for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0b2
# which has a broken HTTP/1.1 implementation and does not properly
# support keepalive when it is used on 301 or 302 (redirect) responses.
BrowserMatch "Mozilla/2" nokeepalive
BrowserMatch "MSIE 4\.0b2;" nokeepalive downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
# The following directive disables HTTP/1.1 responses to browsers which
# are in violation of the HTTP/1.0 spec by not being able to grok a
# basic 1.1 response.
BrowserMatch "RealPlayer 4\.0" force-response-1.0
BrowserMatch "Java/1\.0" force-response-1.0
BrowserMatch "JDK/1\.0" force-response-1.0
</IfModule>
# End of browser customization directives
# Allow server status reports, with the URL of http://servername/server-status
# Change the ".your_domain.com" to match your domain to enable.
<Location /server-status>
SetHandler server-status
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from localhost localhost localhost
</Location>
# Allow remote server configuration reports, with the URL of
# http://servername/server-info (requires that mod_info.c be loaded).
# Change the ".your_domain.com" to match your domain to enable.
#<Location /server-info>
# SetHandler server-info
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
# Allow from .your_domain.com
#</Location>
# There have been reports of people trying to abuse an old bug from pre-1.1
# days. This bug involved a CGI script distributed as a part of Apache.
# By uncommenting these lines you can redirect these attacks to a logging
# script on phf.apache.org. Or, you can record them yourself, using the script
# support/phf_abuse_log.cgi.
#<Location /cgi-bin/phf*>
# Deny from all
# ErrorDocument 403 http://phf.apache.org/phf_abuse_log.cgi
#</Location>
# Proxy Server directives. Uncomment the following lines to
# enable the proxy server:
#<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
# ProxyRequests On
# <Directory proxy:*>
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
# Allow from .your_domain.com
# </Directory>
# Enable/disable the handling of HTTP/1.1 "Via:" headers.
# ("Full" adds the server version; "Block" removes all outgoing Via: headers)
# Set to one of: Off | On | Full | Block
# ProxyVia On
# To enable the cache as well, edit and uncomment the following lines:
# (no cacheing without CacheRoot)
# CacheRoot "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\proxy"
# CacheSize 5
# CacheGcInterval 4
# CacheMaxExpire 24
# CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.1
# CacheDefaultExpire 1
# NoCache a_domain.com another_domain.edu joes.garage_sale.com
#</IfModule>
# End of proxy directives.
### Section 3: Virtual Hosts
# VirtualHost: If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
# Please see the documentation at <URL:http://www.apache.org/docs/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#NameVirtualHost *
#NameVirtualHost 12.34.56.78:80
#NameVirtualHost 12.34.56.78
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for requests without a known
# server name.
#<VirtualHost *>
# ServerAdmin [email protected]
# DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
# ServerName dummy-host.example.com
# ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
# CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
#</VirtualHost>
#<VirtualHost default:*>
#</VirtualHost>
SetEnv PERL5LIB "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\perl\5.6.1\lib:E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\perl\site\5.6.1\lib"
<IfModule mod_perl.c>
# Perl Directives
# PerlWarn On
# PerlFreshRestart On
# PerlSetEnv PERL5OPT Tw
# PerlSetEnv PERL5LIB "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\perl\5.6.1\lib:E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\perl\site\5.6.1\lib"
PerlModule Apache
# PerlModule Apache::Status
PerlModule Apache::Registry
# PerlModule Apache::CGI
# PerlModule Apache::DBI
# PerlRequire
<Location /perl>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
AddHandler perl-script .pl
Options +ExecCGI
PerlSendHeader On
</Location>
# <Location /perl-status>
# SetHandler perl-script
# PerlHandler Apache::Status
# order deny,allow
# deny from all
# allow from localhost
# </Location>
</IfModule>
#Protect WEB-INF directory
<DirectoryMatch /WEB-INF/>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</DirectoryMatch>
# Setup of FastCGI module
<IfModule mod_fastcgi.c>
Alias /fastcgi/ "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\fastcgi/"
ScriptAlias /fcgi-bin/ "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\fcgi-bin/"
<Directory "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\fcgi-bin">
     AllowOverride None
     Options None
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
     SetHandler fastcgi-script
     <IfModule mod_ossl.c>
     SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
     </IfModule>
</Directory>
</IfModule>
# Include the configuration for Apache JServ 1.1
#include "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Jserv\conf\jserv.conf"
# Setup of oprocmgr module.
# This directive identifies each remote apache instance that will be
# sending requests to processes (e.g., JServs), managed by local Apache
# instances. This directive is used by the local process manager to share
# routing information with remote apache instances via non-SSL HTTP messages.
# The directive is repeated for each remote apache instance that will be
# sending requests. The ProcNode directive that refers to the local apache
# instance will be ignored, but may be supplied to facilitate uniformity
# in configuration across apache instances. Arguments to the ProcNode must
# be sufficient to reach the remote instance of apache via non-SSL HTTP
# messages. It is not considered an error if the remote apache instance is
# unreachable, as no assumption is made about the starting order or
# availability of apache instances.
# Syntax: ProcNode <hostname> <port>
# Example: ProcNode abc.com 7777
<IfModule mod_oprocmgr.c>
<Location /oprocmgr-service>
SetHandler oprocmgr-service
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from localhost localhost localhost
</Location>
<Location /oprocmgr-status>
SetHandler oprocmgr-status
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from localhost localhost localhost
</Location>
</IfModule>
# Include the mod_oc4j configuration file
include "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\conf\mod_oc4j.conf"
# Include the mod_dms configuration file
include "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\conf\dms.conf"
# Loading rewrite_module here so it loads before mod_oc4j
LoadModule rewrite_module      modules/ApacheModuleRewrite.dll
# Include the SSL definitions and Virtual Host container
include "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\conf\ssl.conf"
# Include the mod_osso configuration file
#include "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\conf\mod_osso.conf"
# Include the Oracle configuration file for custom settings
include "E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\conf\oracle_apache.conf"
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Firstly, there's no such thing as Apache 9.3, there's Apache 1 (and subversions) and Apache 2 (and subversions). Your error message -
Oracle-HTTP-Server/1.3.28Shows you're using Apache 1.3.28
Secondly, I'm confused by your comment -
I do not have Apache 9.3 or higher but I think oracle should offer this in its companion CDOracle does offer the Apache server, if you're saying you didn't get it from Oracle then where did your Apache server come from?
Thirdly, I notice from your config file -
ErrorLog "|E:\oracle\product\10.1.0\Companion\Apache\Apache\bin\rotatelogs logs/error_log 43200"That you're piping the logs through rotatelogs, are you sure the logfiles haven't just been renamed?

Custom PL/SQL servlet for HTTP Listener like HTMLDB

We would like to migrate our applications from apache that use a custom perl application server to the xdb http listener and would need to be able to write a custom pl/sql servlet for the listener
eg
<servlet xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb/xdbconfig.xsd">
<servlet-name>Custom</servlet-name>
<servlet-language>PL/SQL</servlet-language>
Can this be done? (Well obviously, HTMLDB did it.)
Is information available to do this?
Information on the request (url/headers/content) and response (headers/content) objects
of the http listener would be needed.
Our pl/sql applications look like
create package my_app as
procedure my_job (request xmltype);
end;
This is why we need to do the servlet ourselves and why dbms_epg is not suitable.

Currently
we don't plan to allow large input to be passed as a
CLOB parameter to the procedure. Is there a use-case
for this?YES ;). I have seen this coming up quite a few times in this forum.
1) we cannot edit sql scripts in Apex directly (>32KB), this is quite inconvenient to download, edit and upload again. If we are talking about sql scripts, they are often larger than 32KB.
2) building an application where the user can directly edit or copy/paste spreadsheet data or xml data. It is quite a restriction to only have 32KB at your hand.
3) the common workaround would be to split the data in 32KB chunks and then reassemble them in the backend. Quite tedious.
4) editing larger HTML texts for a portal application for example.
5) editing larger HTML texts for a forum application for example.
... the list goes on ...
Another argument is that all other major technologies like servlets, jsps, perl, php, python they are all capable of handling this kind of data. I often feel it is too much of a restriction.
What do others in the forum think? Feedback is welcome!!!
Thanks,
~Dietmar.

10g2 Oracle HTTP Server - Upgrade PHP?

The new 10g2 Apache server comes with PHP 4.3.9 ready to go; however, I do not wish to use an older version, and want to upgrade it! Is this possible? When I try to disable it, I get all sorts of apache complaints about php being compiled wrong, or it just crashes!
It was very easy to add PHP to 10g's Apache server, so why did Oracle have to go playing around! :(
Any Ideas?
I would like to use the Zend Core, or PHP5 would be nice as well!
Thanks,

For some of us, due to the platform deployed on, zend core isn't an option. And since I've just begun investigating a migration out from under iPlanet 6.1 (likely using the same hardware so still on hp/ux) I am curious to know my options. Strangely enough Apache all by itself isn't on the TRM, so unless I start that approval process it isn't an option yet. Can PHP 5.1 be confgured under one of the Oracle servers (htmldb, 10g, etc.) and if so, being that we've paid up the internet license what is my best option not requiring massive code modification? I'm trying to take on oracle-php app and not sit it under the other campus-wide license of webspere (blasphemy).

Php post

i am using a button to call a php url and i want to pass the parameters by POST method , to hide them. How can i do this specifically?
Thanks,
Ray McCormack
University of San Diego

I came up with the idea of creating a html region as such
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body><FORM ACTION="http://home.sandiego.edu/~thor/test.php" METHOD="post">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="P3_PNAME" value="test1">name?
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="P3_PFINAID_OFFERED" value="test2">finaid?
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="P3_POTHER_OFFERED" value="test3">other?
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT">
</FORM>
</body>
</html>
and using this button to submit to my php page. However i get the error 'The requested URL /pls/htmldb/wwv_flow.accept was not found on this server.'
WHY>?
Thanks,
Ray McCormack

HTMLDB - wher are we going ?

HI Scott
I am now being faced with a management question, hoping you'll have the answer.
I have co-developpers who are using Oracle Forms, reports , Disco etc. , I have been working on getting them on borad the HTMLDB wave. A lot of them are wondeing about the fate of HTMLDB as a product ( probably afraid they might see something similar to what happened to WEBDB) . Do you have something that has been released publicly that states the aims aodn objectives of HTMLDB as a product ? Ie what is the direction os this product ? What is the release/patch cycle like. I know we are on version 1.5 now. What will version 2 bring ?
Will HTMLDB remain free?
Is it mandated to replace some of your Web development tools. ? Which ones ? Forms ? Reports ?
Users here are keen to have aneasy-to-use tool but yet they are not ready to convert work they have done overthe years on Oracle Forms and reports- Some of the new projects that come up here have no choice but to persist in using Forms & Reports - The switch to HTMLDB is not that easy ...
Hope you can help me produce some form of documentation? white paper? etc to management to help them decide if HTML DB is the way to go.
Thanks a lot !

Personal opinion and experience:
Our company are using various technologies to develop
web app: LAMP(Linux-Apache-Mysql-PHP), ColdFusion,
Miva. The arctecture are similar: use Apache as web server, use their own module to interpret custom program--
.PHP, .MVC, .CF AND use a "database" as store: Mysql for
PHP and Coldfusion,Dbase for Miva. The price: $0 to $999.
Now Look HTMLDB: Apache as the webserver, Mod PL/SQL as
its own module, Oracle as the store. The Price: $20000 per processor. For a shop which is not interested in
any technology debate, like which database is the best,
only interested to make a Quick web app ( most of
our clients don't care about underneath tech), $20000
is a steep price to pay. So Oracle should market HtmlDB
as a Web-Application server, much like Miva, not a
database server, sells a price like $999 per machine(
even per domian like Miva). Of course, Oracle should
make sure the customer is using HtmlDB, not as geneeral
Database server, to do that Oracle can shrink-pack DB
server without lot of access interface. i.e ,
SQLPLUS disabled, OCI disabled, ProC disabled, JDBC,
ODBC disabled. make sure access is only from Apache
webserver on the machine and use Mod PL/SQL to access
data, so Netserver can be disabled. also pack everything HtmlDB needs in a single CD and make much simple installtion ( no need to choose component options,
configure Listener......), just like Miva, do a mouse
click and installtion finished. ( to combat violation,
Miva uses a very dirty trick: each time to use
admin page, the server needs send local domain info
to Miva license server for verification)...... Just make
a single CD so the average joe doesn't need understand
Tablespace, Oracle Instance, SGA...... Then Oracle
may be able to sell Millions of Htmldb Copy.......

Has HTMLDB the chance to survive?

I'm an old mod_plsql fan (Freelancer) and that's the reason that I love this new tool HTMLDB.
But we all know these J2EE-fanatics, they were only satisfied when they have a bundle of different servers and a complicated architecture and lot of open source stuff around them. And that's what the market wants!
Oracles strategy is not very clear here: The say, that you could use HTMLB in your department, it's so easy for your secretary to build your own app (it's not!), but do not use it for really big or critical apps. I don't like this argumentation. I would see mod_plsql/HTMLDB as a concurrent technology against J2EE.
Do you think, HTMLDB has the chance to survive? How many companies think about it? Should I invest my time to learn it, or should I go Oracles J2EE-way?

1) Does Oracle HTML DB have the chance to survive?
My magic 8-ball says..."signs point to yes." Actually, I don't even like the use of the term "survive", as it somehow implies HTML DB is clawing its way barely into existence.
HTML DB was never, ever intended to replace J2EE. The design goal for HTML DB remains to provide a productive way for customers to build HTML web applications against an Oracle database, in a hosted environment using declarative methods.
2) "it's so easy for your secretary to build your own app (it's not!)"
HTML DB is targeted at both power users and developers alike. The ease-of-use of HTML DB continues to evolve. Not sure where you got this, though.
3) "but do not use it for really big or critical apps"
HTML DB itself is an HTML DB application comprised of 906 pages. Customers have built and deployed large, mission-critical applications using HTML DB. Also not sure where you got this, though.
HTML DB is not the answer for every software development effort. It is simply a choice.
4) "I too need to know the official response if such a policy exists"
Not sure what policy or official response that would be. That Oracle HTML DB will be a product supported in perpetuity? I'd like to think so, but no company can ever make that kind of guarantee.
5) "As it has been around for quite a few months now it is disappointing to see the lack of jobs requiring it."
PHP first started in 1995. I don't think 4 months after its introduction people were clamoring for PHP developers.
HTML DB was released in January 2004. That's not even 4 full months since the release. No books are available (although I'm aware of at least a couple underway). Oracle Education classes will be offered shortly. If our success is going to be measured by the number of jobs available on monster.com, we'll lose that today...but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it either.
Joel

Passing variable to PHP script

Hi,
I'm new to Oracle&APEX...
I would like to upload a file to server filesystem, but I could not fid a way this to be done via APEX?
(I somebody can give me a solution You are welcome)
I know how this could be done in PHP so I created a script, but I need then to confirm to the database that the file is uploaded. To do this I need to have variable transferred to my PHP script.
I've tried to build a button to pass the value with ?var=:P5_value, but only "P%_value" is passed as text not the value of this variable.
How this can be done?
Any suggestions?

Hello,
You should use the webdav functionality in XE.
http://daust.blogspot.com/2006/03/where-are-images-of-application.html
then you get the best of both worlds you get files in the database but they can be accessed as if they are in the filesystem.
Note: APEX need to be replaced with HTMLDB for Oracle XEI have no idea what you are saying here, HTMLDB and APEX are the same thing.
Carl

How to call dos commands through HTMLDB buttons

HI,
How do i call DOS commands through HTMLDB buttons, or on any process?
can anyone help me on this?
THANKS!
BROKEN

This article explains how to execute shell commands from whitin pl/sql using java (in the database).
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/8i/ShellCommandsFromPLSQL.php
It is for Oracle8i but should still work. This still looks like a good way to go.
~Dietmar.

SSO to PHP Web App

Hi,
I am trying to do SSO to a PHP web Application running on linux Apache Webserver. I have downloaded the SAPSSOEXT_0-10002920 and SECULIB54_0-10002909.SAR files from service marketplace. i went through the code samples in C and JAVA in the downloaded zip file. But i think i have to implement them in PHP and i am completely a newbie to PHP. Has anyone done SSO to PHP based webapps? please advise.
Thanks and regards,
Hassan

What you could do is to set up a webservice which uses the java api to validate the SAP logonticket.
Then you call this webservice from php (perhaps you need to install php-soap http://phpsoaptoolkit.sourceforge.net/phpsoap/) in order to validate the ticket.
Perhaps the UME allready has a webservice for validating tickets so that the first step is not needed

Questions on Master-Detail HTMLDB HOW-TO

Hi all
I have created a 3 page application based on the master detail how-to given at http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/htmldb/howtos/index.html
Instead of DEPT and EMP tables I have PERSON and PERSON_ADDR tables. The PK of PERSON is the person_id and the PK of PERSON_ADDR is the person_id and addr_start_dt. Person_id column in PERSON_ADDR is obviously the FK to the master table PERSON(person_id).
At first I had problems trying to create the pages themselves because the wizard always hides the person_id column on all the forms(and I don't want that,even though it is a sequence number I still want people to see it) , it being the PK, then somehow I managed it to display the person_id by replacing the EDIT link with the person_id itself. Now if a person already has an address and I click on EDIT then it copies the person_id values and others to the next page and all looks good but when I try to create a new address it does it ?? (It should take across the person_id as well)
My PERSON report is on page 1, when I click edit against a person it takes me to page 2 where I can see+change all the person details plus I can see the person_addr details. When I click edit against a person address it takes me to page 3 and I can edit all the address details nicely copied to the new page but when I click CREATE on the page 2, then all the fields appear as NULL on page 3( all the fields but the person_id should be null here). How can I fix this ?
Also, for my person address I would like to validate the address dates , there should be no overlapping start and end dates for a person's address. How to do this ? I think I will need to create a function to which I pass the person id and the new start and end dates and this function returns error message,if any, or null. I had a play around with validation and I think I need to use "function returning error text", what should I put in the "validate expression 1" box then...just something like
begin
my_function(param_1,param_2)
end;
If yes, then what variables would store the new start date and new end date of an address.
Lastly, for every table do I have to user a sequence number or a trigger to define a primary key, what if the primary key is just a character code and I want the users to add it ?
Thanks a lot in advance !!

thanks Marc.
Yes you are right, I used the 1.5 viewlet. I will try the master-detail wizard now.
With the primary key problems, for things to work nicely in HTMLDB, do you suggest each and every tables should have a sequence number generated primary key ? We have some tables for various statuses like ACTIVE,CLOSED where these codes themselves are the primary keys, so you suggest making these codes unique keys but still have a sequence number PK ? Also when I want the users to enter the primary key themselves I will let them enter new ones but not update existing ones, so data entegrity is maintained.
I was able to work out how to create validations using "functions returning error text" but my problem is I need to be able to compare what the user has just updated/entered with the data that already exists in the table. I have a table called person_Address having columns like person_id, start_dt,end_dt and various other fields. The primary key is person_id and start_dt and I need to put a validation which avoids any overlapping addresses. Overlap as in there can be only 1 active address for a given start and end date range. Does HTMLDB has something like :new.start_dt the way we can write database triggers ? Please suggest a way to do this.
Lastly, how does HTMLDB handles error messages raised by table triggers. Can they be shown along with the item on the page as we can with the other HTMLDB validations ? I have many tables with all sorts of triggers and if any validation fails I generally do...raise_application_error(-20001,get_my_message(234));
get_my_message function returns the message text for message number 234 . Will this message be displayed somewhere or not ? Do I have to duplicate my validations , once in the triggers and then in HTMLDB as well ?

Questions on printing in htmldb

I try to create an invoice page to print.
Some questions I ask to myself:
- Is it possible to print to an A4 (papersize)? (I mean, does the application have notions of pagesize or is everything controlled by the browser? this is important when you need to repeat some information on the second page)
- can I include "pagenumber of total pagenumbers"?
- Is it possible to repeat an header / footer?
In my opinion it is very hard to do this with htmldb...
I started my "print report" like this:
- created static html like I would like to have my report(in notepad)
- in htmldb I try to create "the same thing", first I tried with the creation of a report, but, because you 'll always have rows, I stopped with that (I need to say "that item needs to be placed there"). Than I created a form, afterwards I added some other forms (regions) to the same page. One region for every table. I still have problems to place my items like I wish, because of region overlapping. Should I create other items in an other region (and link them) if I want to show the content of an item of an other region in that region?
I try to replace an Access application, and it looks good so far, but replacing the reports is very difficult!?
Is it me?
Dimitri

I found the answer on most of my questions on this site:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/page.html#propdef-size
In short: you can a lot with css! so for my htmldb application: I probably need to change (create a new) my "print" template
HTMLDB is a very nice product and in a way it can replace an Access application, but in my opinion we are limited by the html.
What I would like to have in htmldb (compared with access):
- submission of a region and not the whole page (like in access subforms)
- in the tabular form, automatic one (or more) empty line(s) to create a new record (in access you have a new empty record)
- an easier why to customize the templates/css, for the default ones you can't change everything... (in access you can "draw" your form/report, that's very easy, in htmldb it's more difficult)

How do I find and replace text in PHP files?

How can I in CS3 make sitewide changes to the text in PHP pages without changing variable names etc that have the same name?
For example if I have an installation of a PHP forum and I want to change every instance of the word 'forum' to 'message board'...
If I used the 'inside tag' search with " as the tag, then if "" contained a variable called 'forum' it would also be changed and therefore corrupt the code....
Is there a simple way around this?
Thanks!
I'm using CS3 on Windows Vista.

It looks like you're trying to find and replace source code, so you may be able to look at the various places that are looked at when finding and uncheck the ones that don't apply.
But, if it's all source code then that won't help. One thing that may work is to expand the search option - for example if the work "forum" that you're wanting to change it preceded by another word, or character or something that sets it apart, then do you find on that. You can expand that search phrase as far out in either direction that you need to to make it different, if of course that is practical in your situation.
The only other way I can think of is to somehow create an exception rule, but I'm not sure if that's possible or how to do it.

500 Internal server error while running sqlsrv_query in PHP

Hello everyone I am having a problem with sqlsrv_query I will be grateful to you please provide some help.
I am running a query through php:
$ls_parcel_query = "select * from ParcelDetail order by ExtractDate";
$result = sqlsrv_query($conn, $ls_parcel_query, array(), array("Scrollable"=>"keyset","QueryTimeout"=>300));
$no_of_rows = sqlsrv_num_rows($result);
echo "<br/>".$no_of_rows;
It gives (After 30 seconds):
500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.
I have php.ini settings like below:
max_execution_time = 90
memory_limit = 128M
While running this query in SQL SERVER 2008 R2, it successfully gives result in some times in 1 minute and sometimes in 2 minutes.

Hello,
A 500 Error will be caused due to many reason.To troubleshooting this issue, you can try to check out the error log and get more information on what is causing the error.
Reference :
"500 Internal Server Error" while running PHP
HTTP Error 500 Internal server for php pages and solution
Regards,
Fanny Liu
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HTMLDB & PHP

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