Modifying built in substitution strings (i.e. #NAVIGATION_BAR#)

All,
My #NAVIGATION_BAR# substitution string is showing white text on a white background. I'd like to change this to black, but don't know where to access the color. I've tried overriding it in a table cell:
<pre>
<td align="right" style="padding:4px;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;" colspan="20" valign="top">#NAVIGATION_BAR#</td>
</pre>
but this doesn't work and I don't want to hardcode styles in my html.
How do I change these values?
Thanks.

as you probably know, this stuff is all HTML. so i just now went to tweak my example app's navbar look and feel and found it wasn't so straight forward as modifying a tabledata tag. similarly to you, some of my changes in that <td> seemed to have no effect. then i traced things back to my style sheet where i had stuff like...
a:link {text-decoration: none;color:#9C6531}
a:visited {text-decoration: none;color:#9C6531}
a:hover {text-decoration: underline;color:red;}
...and by modifying that style sheet things started to come together.
hope this helps,
raj

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Modifying a Application Substitution String in Run-time

Hello all,
I have a substitution string defined in an application (under application definition) that needs to be different based on whether the application is on a development server or a test server. Is there a way that I can alter the value of that subsitution string on my test run-time instance after I've brought the application in from development? Perhaps an API call? APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN doesn't appear to have anything for this.
Or do I have to either do a test in code and set an application item when the application starts up, or pull it from a database table or constant?
Thanks!
John

Shane,
SubVersion works with files, so everything you do has to be a file, including all of your PL/SQL procs / functions / packages. If you have "cowboy coders" editing packages in the database with SQL Developer or TOAD, that's the first thing that needs to change. I regularly export my APEX apps and check them in. I also make a DDL-only backup of any schemas I'm working on at major mile-stones or before upgrades.
There's a server and client component. The sever houses the repository and everyone checks projects out from and commits projects to the server. On the client-side, the TortoiseSVN client is by far the most popular Windows client. It perfectly integrates with Windows so you can right-click a file and lock, update, commit it.
To work on a project, you:
- check it out from the repository. you typically only do this once as you keep a working copy on your client pc.
- get a lock on a file you want to edit. This is optional, but it's my preferred method. Now you are the only one that can commit the file back to the repository.
- make your changes to the file, once you are happy, simply right-click and select commit. you can then enter comments on the file.
- now, anyone else who wants to edit that file will see your changes when they request a lock or issue the "update" command.
You can review every version of the file, diff versions, "Tag" a version of your code, and the list goes on.
After a few hours you'll be comfortable with the client process. I think the server component of it deters most people as you have a number of choices to make and it can be slightly complicated to install. For this reason, I STRONGLY recommend trying one of the hosting providers as then all you have to worry about is the client-side. Additionally, your code is now backed-up off-site.
I don't have any personal experience with these services, but here are a few reasonably priced ones. The first one has a free option which is where I would start with a test project just to get a feel for it.:
- https://www.projectlocker.com
- http://svnrepository.com/
For what it's worth, the APEX team uses SubVersion, as do many dev teams inside Oracle (not the DB dev team though). Also, the new https://samplecode.oracle.com uses Subversion as part of an offering from CollabNet. My 1st project hosted there is called logger . You can brows the logger subversion repository here: https://logger.samplecode.oracle.com/source/browse/logger/
Links:
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- [SubVersion Server|http://subversion.tigris.org/]
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Can substitution strings be changed at runtime?

I need to deploy my application such that it can run with different sets of tables, which are otherwise identical in design.
My client has multiple versions of the tables. For instance, they may have
CHICAGO.EMPLOYEES
CHICAGO.DEPARTMENTS
or
LONDON.EMPLOYEES
LONDON.DEPARTMENTS
or even
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CHIGAGO.DEPARTMENTS_V01
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Is there I way I can have a UNIQUE APEX application installation and then use substitution strings to switch between variants?
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$LOCATION..EMPLOYEES_$VERSION.
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I know about substitution strings, but as far as I am aware they can only be changed statically during the development. Is it possible to change them at runtime? If yes, how?
I would greatly appreciate any response.
Mike

Hello Mike,
If your location is equivalent to the parsing schema you can use the APEX built-in substitution string *#OWNER#*.
You still need to resort to Peter’s advices where dynamic table names are concerned. Bear in mind that in this case, you won’t be able to use the APEX built-in DML processes, and you’ll need to write your own fetch/insert/update/delete processes, which might be a lot of work. Working in a multi-user environment adds the complexity factor of concurrency control (lost updates).
Regards,
Arie.
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Substitution string inside PL/SQL generated content (single column source)

Hi! I have a contents table that contains the HTML source (using the HTML Editor Standard item) stored on a single varchar2 column like this.
-- some other HTML source here ---
href="f?p=&APP_ID.:17:&APP_SESSION."
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Mertz,
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How to reference the Instance name using Substitution string or SQL

All:
We have an Application that will be replicated in multiple Apex instances and would like to display the current Oracle Apex Instance name ( Similar to the &APP_USER. on the Welcome portion of the page ) .
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If no substitution strings, can someone help with an SQL that returns the Instance name ?
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Aubrey Fernandes wrote:
I currently have 3 URLs to get to my Development, QA and Production servers & will have many more production servers with different Application Ids.
Development = http://canqa101:7777/pls/ngcrmd01/apex
QA = http://canqa101:7777/pls/ngcrmq01/f?p=100:1
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Substitution String in Row Template order dependant

Hi Folks,
This questions is related to an earlier Complex Detail Report Layout: Can it be done? about building a complex row template (thanks for your help, Vikas!).<br><br>
Having built the row template (Named Columns) and tested it in a separate application, I have been preparing to incorporate it into the target application. (Here's a screen shot of the work in progress.) I decided to see if I could use column aliases with the substitution strings and so added an alias to the query for the report.<br><br>
Strange values appeared (like a "Y" for a Project Name) and initially I thought the aliases wouldn't work, so I backed the change out. However, it was now quite apparent that the substitution strings were not taking their values from the column names, as I expected. I was able to put the values in the correct place by modifying the order of the columns selected in the query.<br><br>
Am I misunderstanding? Shouldn't the order of the columns in the select statement be irrelevant when named columns are used? <br><br>
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I take it back. This is whacked. Please take a look at the picture (http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=nygyu0)
OK, I had a select statement:
select ps.project_name, ps.project_manager, ps.gts_dependant, ps.gxp_relevant from project_status ps, eprs_program p
where
ps.program_id = p.id and
p.program_number = :P6_PROGRAM_NUMBERThis populated the fields #PROJECT_NAME#, #PROJECT_MANAGER#, etc. properly.
I even switched the order around and put the ps.project_manager ahead of the ps.project_name and template still worked.
I restored the order and checked again. All is good.
I changed the query and added an alias like so:
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The report template now behaves as described earlier; being position dependant. Now I suspect that this is a bug, and not something caused by my mucking around.
I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on the matter and potential workaround. At this point, I will likely delete the region and try creating a new region. I would hate to loose the whole page, the top part was a lot of effort. <sigh>
Thanks,
Petie

Footer navigation using pl/sql - substitution strings

Hi
I want to make a footer navigation (a BLAF like footer with the same captions and links that appear in the Tabs and the Navigation Bar) using a PL/SQL region. The code I want to use should work for any HTML DB application.
The procedure could be defined like this:
PROCEDURE prb_footer_navigation( p_application_id VARCHAR2
, p_page_id VARCHAR2
, p_session_id VARCHAR2);
p_application_id will be used to get the caption and links of the specific application and p_page_id will be used to know which tab is selected.
I'm using this query in the procedure:
SELECT t.tab_text caption
, t.tab_target link
, t.tab_sequence num
FROM flows_010600.wwv_flow_toplevel_tabs t
WHERE t.flow_id = p_application_id
ORDER BY t.tab_sequence
(the user has been granted select from flows_010600.wwv_flow_toplevel_tabs)
The problem is:
tab_target has substitution strings like '&XXX.' or '&PX_XXX.', so how can I get the real link with resolved substitution strings using pl/sql?
Something like function_resolve_string(p_string, p_session_id) would be appreciated...
Thanks in advance!

A.U.,
Have you considered looking at how the navigation bar gets onto your page by examining the page template? You'll find something like this in the body section:
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" summary="">
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" class="t1Logo">#LOGO#</td>
      <td align="right" valign="top">#NAVIGATION_BAR#</td>
    </tr>
</table>Just copy and paste that onto the end of the body section, or into the footer section of the template, although the footer might not support all the same substitution patterns.
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Scott

Can we Edit #BOX_BODY# Substitution String?

In apex 4.02 all templates #BOX_BODY# substitution string are used, I need to modified that string.
Outer #BOX_BODY# if I add anything like Font size, table format and anyting html function not accepted that template string. Can any one help for this how to change that format?
Thanks in Advance

Sara254 wrote:
In apex 4.02 all templates #BOX_BODY# substitution string are used, I need to modified that string.The <tt>#BOX_BODY#</tt> substitution string is replaced by the region content at display points
Page Template Body (1. items below region content)
Page Template Body (2. items below region content)
Page Template Body (3. items above region content)
and thus <tt>#BOX_BODY#</tt> can't be "modified". Make changes in the relevant regions.
Outer #BOX_BODY# if I add anything like Font size, table format and anyting html function not accepted that template string. Can any one help for this how to change that format?HTML does not have "functions". It is a mark-up language for defining the structure of documents. Presentational elements like <tt>font</tt> have been deprecated for many years and are now removed from the language. <tt>table</tt> elements should be used to structure tabular data, not for page layout. Use CSS to control presentation.

Bug report:on application import: page template substitution strings double

apex version: 4.2.0.00.27
We encounter an issue when we import an application export. In all the page templates we see that the standard substitution strings in the HEADER and FOOTER area have been added for a second time.
EXPORTED CODE:
wwv_flow_api.create_template (
p_id => 32176400365879390 + wwv_flow_api.g_id_offset
,p_flow_id => wwv_flow.g_flow_id
,p_theme_id => 20
,p_name => '_vo_One Level Tabs_Simple'
,p_is_popup => false
,p_header_template => '<html lang="&BROWSER_LANGUAGE." xmlns:htmldb="http://htmldb.oracle.com">'||unistr('\000a')||
'<head>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<title>#TITLE#</title>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_common2.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/datepicker.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/datepicker-ext.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_show_hide_region.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_desktop_all.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_legacy.js"></script>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<link rel="stylesheet" href="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/pbh/css/pbh.css" type="text/css" />'||unistr('\000a')||
''||unistr('\000a')||
'#APEX_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#TEMPLATE_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#THEME_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#PAGE_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#TEMPLATE_JAVASCRIPT#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#APPLICATION_JAVASCRIPT#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#PAGE_JAVASCRIPT#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#HEAD#'||unistr('\000a')||
'</head>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<body #ONLOAD#>#FORM_OPEN#'
,p_box =>
'<div id="t20Tabs">#TAB_CELLS##NAVIGATION_BAR#</div>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="t20PageBody" width="100%">'||unistr('\000a')||
'<td width="100%" valign="top" id="t20ContentBody">'||unistr('\000a')||
'<div id="t20BreadCrumbsLeft">#REGION_POSITION_01#</div>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<div id="t20Messages">#GLOBAL_NOTIFICATION##SUCCESS_MESSAGE##NOTIFICATION_MESSAGE##REGION_POSITION_02#</div>'||unistr('\000a')||
'<div id="t20ContentMiddle">#BOX_BODY##R'||
'EGION_POSITION_03##REGION_POSITION_04##REGION_POSITION_05##REGION_POSITION_06#</div>'||unistr('\000a')||
'</td>'||unistr('\000a')||
'</tr>'||unistr('\000a')||
'</table>'
,p_footer_template =>
'<div class="smallfont">PBH Versie: #APP_VERSION#</div>'||unistr('\000a')||
'#FORM_CLOSE# '||unistr('\000a')||
'#DEVELOPER_TOOLBAR#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#GENERATED_CSS#'||unistr('\000a')||
'#GENERATED_JAVASCRIPT#'||unistr('\000a')||
'</body>'||unistr('\000a')||
'</html>'
,p_success_message => '<table summary="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="t20Notification">'||unistr('\000a')||
'<tr><td class="L"></td><td width="100%">#SUCCESS_MESSAGE#</td><td class="R"></td></tr>'||unistr('\000a')||
'</table>'
,p_current_tab => '#TAB_LABEL#'
,p_non_current_tab => '#TAB_LABEL#'
,p_notification_message => '<table summary="" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="t20Notification">'||unistr('\000a')||
'<tr><td class="L"></td><td width="100%">#MESSAGE#</td><td class="R"></td></tr>'||unistr('\000a')||
'</table>'
,p_navigation_bar => '#BAR_BODY#'
,p_navbar_entry => '#TEXT#'
,p_region_table_cattributes => ' summary="" cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="5" align="left"'
,p_breadcrumb_def_reg_pos => 'REGION_POSITION_01'
,p_theme_class_id => 1
,p_grid_type => 'TABLE'
,p_grid_always_use_max_columns => false
,p_grid_has_column_span => true
,p_grid_emit_empty_leading_cols => true
,p_grid_emit_empty_trail_cols => false
,p_has_edit_links => true
,p_translate_this_template => 'N'
,p_template_comment => ''
RESULT IN APEX for the HEADER
<html lang="&BROWSER_LANGUAGE." xmlns:htmldb="http://htmldb.oracle.com">
<head>
<title>#TITLE#</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_common2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/datepicker.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/datepicker-ext.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_show_hide_region.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_desktop_all.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/common/js/app_legacy.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="#IMAGE_PREFIX#app/pbh/css/pbh.css" type="text/css" />

#APEX_CSS#
#TEMPLATE_CSS#
#THEME_CSS#
#PAGE_CSS#
#TEMPLATE_JAVASCRIPT#
#APPLICATION_JAVASCRIPT#
#PAGE_JAVASCRIPT#
*#APEXCSS#*_
*#TEMPLATECSS#*_
*#THEMECSS#*_
*#PAGECSS#*_
*#APEXJAVASCRIPT#*_
*#TEMPLATEJAVASCRIPT#*_
*#APPLICATIONJAVASCRIPT#*_
#HEAD#
</head>
<body #ONLOAD#>#FORM_OPEN#
The added substitution strings are bold + underlined.
Is there a parameter (application, export, template, instance level) that we can set to prevent this ?
Edited by: Karel C on 12-feb-2013 5:32
Edited by: Karel C on 12-feb-2013 5:32

Hi Patrick,
The version info is: wwv_flow_api.set_version(p_version_yyyy_mm_dd=>'2009.01.12');
This should be wwv_flow_api.set_version(p_version_yyyy_mm_dd=>'2012.01.01');
... but this error is due to a manual modification of the export file.
We parameterise some values, so that the we can use the old-school DEFINE variables in our deploy process via SQL/plus.
One of the developers made a copy-paste error when doing that ...
So there is no bug !
Thanks for the tip !!
Kind regards,
Karel

Report template substitution strings? (APEX 2.2.0)

Hi all,
I am trying to customize a report template. I would like to know if there is a way to get the sort link that goes into the column headers. The next page and previous page links have the #LINK# substitution string. #COLUMN_HEADER# doesn't give me enough flexibility.
Would I have to use a named column template for this? (I don't have much idea what that is. I read about it on Scott Spendolini's blog entry on "Click in a Row".)
Cheers!

Hello,
>> I could using JavaScript rewrite the column header to be what I want after the page renders, but I'd rather it show up the way I want in the first place
Can you be more specific about what is it that you want? The report engine allows you to use custom headings. Can’t that feature help you achieve what you want?
>> Is there a list of the substitutions strings that are available to the column header?
The substitution strings you see on the templates populated by the APEX engine with snippets of code you can’t control. You can define your own substitution strings, in the application definition page (under shared components), set them with the code you need, and use them throughout the application, including in templates. The way to use them is a bit different – instead of the “#STRING# syntax, you need to use the “&STRING.” Syntax.
Regards,
Arie.

Can substitution strings be used for table name references?

Hi,
I was wondering if it's possible to use substituion strings for table names in SQL queries. This would allow for me to edit all references to a table at one location. For instance, if a table name or dblink changed, I could edit the substitution string or application item to ensure all the queries reference the new table.
For example:
select * from &table1.
table1 would be the substitution string for the actual table name
I know this is possible if I used a pl/sql function returning a query, but I would much rather use a substition string in a SQL query.
Thanks in advance.
Brian

i think not
because how create the fields of * in this case
in the other because all is dynamic, i think that you obtain only an error

Feature Request - show substitution string values in session state display

Hi!
I would like to request that in addition to page and application items and session state values that the value of substitution string values be shown. Another option would be to have a separate link (like session) to display them. This would allow developers to see all of the available substitution values and how they change across pages, etc.
Thanks!
Dave Venus

Dave - What are some examples of values that you are not seeing in the session state report that would be useful?
Scott

Substitution strings in chart sql query

Hi Guys,
I am creating line charts and bar charts based on a query in HTML DB 1.5. I am using substitution strings in the query. Though I can use substitution strings in the line chart, I cannot do it in the bar chart. I am using almost the same sql query in both line and bar charts.
The sql query in line chart is
SELECT null, TO_CHAR(t1.extract_date, 'W-MON-YYYY') extractdate,
MIN_OF_AVERAGES(AVG(&P40_METRICS.),:P40_REGION_LIST,:P40_SUBREGION_LIST,NULL,:P40_METRICS,'ind') orgid
FROM ind t1,geography t2
WHERE t1.country_id = t2.country_id(+)
AND t2.region_name like
DECODE(:P40_REGION_LIST,'ALL REGIONS','%',:P40_REGION_LIST)
AND t2.subregion_name like
NVL(:P40_SUBREGION_LIST,'%')
GROUP BY TO_CHAR(extract_date, 'W-MON-YYYY')
order by to_date(extractdate,'DD-MON-YY')
The sql query in bar chart is
SELECT null, TO_CHAR(t1.extract_date, 'W-MON-YYYY') extractdate,AVG(&P40_METRICS.) orgid
FROM ind t1,geography t2
WHERE t1.country_id = t2.country_id(+)
AND t2.region_name like
DECODE(:P40_REGION_LIST,'ALL REGIONS','%',:P40_REGION_LIST)
AND t2.subregion_name like
NVL(:P40_SUBREGION_LIST,'%')
GROUP BY TO_CHAR(extract_date, 'W-MON-YYYY')
order by to_date(extractdate,'DD-MON-YY')
The min_of_averages function in the line chart query is some function I am calling. Even if I cut-paste the line chart query in the bar chart I get the error.
The substitution string which is giving the problem is "&P40_METRICS."
The error I am getting is
Query cannot be parsed, please check the syntax of your query. (ORA-00909: invalid number of arguments)
The only difference I see is that line chart query is inside a series and bar chart is not, does this make a difference??? Or is it because I am using the substitution string in choosing the column??? Please help!!!!
Thanks,
Swaroop

Swaroop,
You might be using an HTML bar chart and an SVG line chart, I can't tell, but their implementations differ. You won't be able to use a substitution string to replace a column name in the query in the situation you found, you'd have to figure out a way to construct the query string before it gets executed and I'm not sure the chart pages will let you do that.
Scott

Query stats substitution strings on IR region

Hello,
Are the query stats substitution strings, like #ROWS_FETCHED#, #TOTAL_ROWS#, #FIRST_ROW_FETCHED# and #LAST_ROW_FETCHED#, should be active in an IR region?
Currently, it seems they are not active, and I’m asking if it’s intentional or a bug.
Thanks,
Arie.

Hi Marco,
Thanks on your reply, and the enhancement request.
In the meantime, can you think of a work around? I’m trying to derived a row (serial) index on a paginated view, using ROWNUM. In classic report, you can subtract the current ROWNUM from the #FIRST_ROW_FETCHED#.
Thanks,
Arie.

Possible bug in 3.1.1 with APP_ALIAS substitution string?

Hello team,
this morning we carried out the migration to 3.1.1 however i noticed that the only translated application i have doesn't correctly handle the APP_ALIAS substitution string any more.
I had to manually replace all the occurrences of APP_ALIAS in the application to get it back to work when using a translated version.
The primary language app works ok and correctly substitutes the application alias, but the mapped application throws errors saying it cannot locate the page alias being referenced.
If i look at the resulting links of a mapped application i see that the application alias is not the expected string but a system generated string beginning with letter A followed by several digits.
I seeded and published the application several times with no improvements.
Does this sound as a known problem?
Bye,
Flavio
http://www.oraclequirks.com

Ok,
i can now provide some more details on the problem:
see the problem by connecting to:
http://www.yocoya.com/pls/apex/f?p=601
if you navigate the application without changing language, everything works fine.
Now switch to english by clicking on the button on the upper right side of the page, then
click on any link, you will get a message like:
Error ERR-1412 Unable to resolve page alias (NEWS)
If you hover with the pointer on the links, you can see that the application alias is a string like "A2549821011244062".
In the primary language application is instead YOCOYA601.
Until version 3.0.1 the application alias of a translated application was equal to the alias of the primary application.
I hope is now clear what i meant with my first message.
Bye,
Flavio
http://www.oraclequirks.com

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