ORACLE tags in Unstructured templates

I'm trying to call a function using the oracle tags in a UI template. If I put the same code in a dynamic page it works fine but when in a template it doesn't work.
I noticed that the application templates have function/procedure calls in their html the_value column in the wwv_sys_app_template_details$ table. I'm therefore assuming that I'm missing some specific formatting or something that I'm supposed to be using??? I've tried htp.print/htp.p but I can't get the value returned from my function to display.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated. thanks.

Hi
if you call a procedure from a UI template, you must grant that procedure to public, otherwise you don't see anything.
#write my_schema.my_proc: for example
create or replace my_proc as
begin
htp.p('Hello');
end;
#in sqlplus: conn my_schema/my_schema@my_sid
grant execute on my_schema.my_proc to public;
#in the UI template:
<ORACLE>begin my_schema.my_proc; end;</ORACLE>
It works,
Ettore

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Oracle tags in templates

I know I've seen posts on this in the past, but can't find them for the life of me. I've searched through about 20 pages of search results with no hits, so I must ask again.
Can someone explain why the functionality of the oracle tags were removed from the HTML templates? And is there a way I can solicit to have it put back in?
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>>
There certainly may be other ways to do what we want without the ORACLE tags, but constructing the pages in Oracle Portal and ApEx would be much different in that scenario and it would be nice have a common way of developing the "template" of a page in both environments.
Am I making this too complicated?
>>
I think you are in one respect and not in another.
As for page templates( the more complicated part), the cold hard fact is APEX and Portal are two different animals and their template systems are just different, the easiest way to take care of those differences is to make as much of your Look and Feel derived from an external CSS. This will allow you to apply the same look and feel to any development environment you might have to use in the future as well.
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I have a procedure that prints the Portal version:
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Attention JavaScript and Oracle Guru's,
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null

I'll try for the repost. This time without the compilation of the code......here goes.
Attention JavaScript and Oracle Guru's,
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Hi All
I have used dynamic pages like this , i create a html form inside a dynamic page on submit of which a procedure gets called & inserts the values in the table.
I see some <oracle> tags every time i create a dynamic page but have never used them. Could some one tell how to use these tags. whether they can be used to call a procedure or can i embed any dml statements in these oracle tags.
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There is a brief description in the online help - see http://isd-demos2.oracle.com:7778/help/wvtdynam.htm.
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Help on oracle tags in dynamic pages

Hi All
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Need docs on ORACLE tags.

Since search engines almost universally crop out characters like < and > in their databases, I'm having trouble finding documentation on the <ORACLE> tags feature of the portal.
I want to know what all the ramifications are of using this mechanism for dynamic web content... performance issues, scoping, variable persistance, can you define procedures, etc?
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Message was edited by:
Scott S

http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/portal.1014/b13809/apdxhtmt.htm#BABJJIBE
contains some info on the <ORACLE> tags
Basically you can put your PLSQ code to call a procedure or whatever u like
I think that you can find some useful stuff in the portal online help
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Diego

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