From the editor's desk
Field notes from real Oracle APEX projects.
I build enterprise applications in Oracle APEX that more than seven thousand people use every day. This journal is where I write down what actually worked — the tested code, the screenshots, and the mistakes worth avoiding — so you can build better apps with less guesswork.
Hassan Raza PM, Sr. Oracle APEX Consultant · Oracle ACE Associate
- 43
- Articles published
- 7,000+
- Daily users of the apps behind them
- 3+
- Years building in Oracle APEX
- 2
- Features in ORAWORLD Magazine
﴿ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴾
کہو بھلا جو لوگ علم رکھتے ہیں اور جو نہیں رکھتے دونوں برابر ہوسکتے ہیں؟
“Say, ‘Are those who know equal to those who do not know?’”
Qur’an 39:9, part of the verse · Urdu: Fateh Muhammad Jalandhari · English: Sahih International
Oracle APEX Plugins and Extensions Explained: Types, Installation and How to Choose One
Oracle APEX plugins vs the Extensions menu, all nine plug-in types in APEX 26.1, how to install one, and a checklist for choosing one you can trust in production.
Read the storyIn this issue
Full archive →- 42 Oracle APEX Oracle APEX 26.2 Upgrade: Requirements, Known Issues and What to Test
- 41 Oracle APEX Oracle APEX Authorization: 7 Tested Access Checks
- 40 Oracle APEX Oracle APEX Lost Update Detection: A Tested Two-Session Form Demo
- 39 Oracle APEX Oracle APEX 26.1 Upgrade Checklist: Import Changes, Compatibility Checks, and Common Pitfalls
- 38 APEX Plugins Oracle APEX Signature Verification Fails in 3 Shocking Ways
- 37 ORDS & REST How I Connected a Hikvision Attendance Device to Oracle APEX Using a 15-Year-Old Raspberry Pi
- 36 APEX UI & UX Oracle APEX Toast Notification: 5 Beautiful JS Libraries
- 35 Oracle Database Oracle APEX ORDS Connection Pool Exhaustion: A Real Incident, Two Fixes and Their Trade-offs
Every tutorial here comes from something I actually built or solved at work. No copy-paste content, no made-up examples.
— Hassan Raza
Sections
Index- I. 40
- II. 17
- III. 7
- IV. 4
- V. 3
- VI. 2
- VII. 1
- VIII. 1
From the workshop
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