Oracle Application Express (APEX)
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Transcript Oracle Application Express (APEX)
Project Implementation for
COSC 5050 Distributed Database Applications
Lab6
Advanced Topics
Work with table lookups on composite primary key
View and trigger
Report and form
User friendly pages
Validations
Navigate between pages
Publish the application and create test users
Export and import the application
Composite Primary Key Tables
Tables such as
MEMBER_TALENT
MEMBER_PROJECT
Work with composite primary key tables
Create a view
Create an INSTEAD OF trigger to be
used by application
Creating View
Create a view that contains ROWID
A rowid identifies a row in a table
A rowid is a pseudo column that uniquely identifies a
row within a table, but not within a database
CREATE VIEW VW_MEMBER_TALENT_COM (ID, MEMBER_ID, TALENT_ID)
AS
SELECT ROWID ID, MEMBER_ID, TALENT_ID
FROM MEMBER_TALENT;
Creating INSTEAD OF Trigger
An updatable view is one you can use to insert, update,
or delete base table rows
You can create a view to be inherently updatable, or you
can create an INSTEAD OF trigger on any view to make
it updatable
Create an INSTEAD OF trigger on the view
Test the view and the trigger
Make sure the view and the trigger works
Run sample testing script in SQL Command area
Creating Report and Form
Create a report and a form for the view
Create page Form Form on a table with report
Table/view name:
VW_MEMBER_TALENT_COM
Defining the Report
Define report page
Page name: MEMBER TALENT
Region title: MEMBER TALENT
Breadcrumb: Breadcrumb
Breadcrumb entry name: MEMBER TALENT
Breadcrumb parent entry: Home
Defining the Report
Defining the Report
Define report page
Tab options: Use an existing tab set and create a new tab
within the existing tab set
Tab set: TS1
New tab label: MEMBER TALENT
Select columns:
MEMBER_ID and TALENT_ID
Edit link image: default
Defining the Report
Defining the Form
Define form page
Page name: MEMBER TALENT ENTRY
Region title: MEMBER TALENT ENTRY
Breadcrumb entry name: MEMBER TALENT ENTRY
Primary key type: Select primary key column(s)
Primary key column: ID
Source for the primary key: Existing trigger
Select columns: both columns
Process options: Insert, Update, Delete
Defining the Form
Defining the Form
Confirm and Finish
Running Report and Form
Report and form pages are working
List, edit, create, update, delete
Making Pages User Friendly
Instead of showing ids, member name and talent
description should be displayed
Report page
Modify report region source
Making Pages User Friendly
To show desired columns in an active report
Use Action Select columns
Making Pages User Friendly
Form page
Change labels to Member and Talent
Change both to select list (LOV)
MEMBER_ID and TALENT_ID
Making Pages User Friendly
Adding Validations
Maintain entity integrity
Provide user friendly error message on the form page
Validation script
SELECT *
FROM MEMBER_TALENT
WHERE MEMBER_ID = &P??_MEMBER_ID.
AND TALENT_ID = &P??_TALENT_ID.
Use your page number
Notice the ending period for substitution variables
Adding Validations
Edit the form page, page processing create
validation
Validation level: Page
Validation name: Insert validation
Error display location: Inline in Notification
Validation type: SQL NOT Exists
Validation code: {the validation script}
Error message: The member already has the selected
talent.
When button pressed: Create
Create a similar validation for update
Adding Validations
Adding Validations
Page Navigation
Navigation controls are shared components
Create navigation control at the application level on
the shared components page
Tabs
Navigation bar entries
Breadcrumbs
Lists
Creating Tabs
Tabs are grouped in collections called a tab set
Each tab must be part of a tab set
Two different types of tabs
Standard tabs
For only one level of tabs with each tab associated with a
particular page
Parent tabs
Parent tab set acts as a container for a group of standard tabs
Define more contextual list of tabs
Creating Tabs
To manage tabs
Shared components Navigation Tabs Manage
tabs
Add new parent tab
The first parent tab replaces the pseudo parent tab
Creating Tabs
Move a standard tab between parent tabs
Edit the tab and switch Standard Tab Set
Creating Tabs
Add more standard tabs under parent tab
In order to show tabs, make sure set to the appropriate
Page Template and Standard Tab Set for each page
Right click title of the page Edit Display attributes
Creating Tabs
Navigation Bar Entries
Navigation bar entries offer an easy way to move users
between pages
A navigation entry enables application to display a link
for quick access on pages
To access navigation bar entries
Shared components Navigation Navigation bar
entries
Create From scratch Navigation to URL
Entry label: Help
Page: {a help page} and check [Printer friendly] (optional)
Create
Publish Application
Publish the application with URL
http://icarusweb.webster.edu/pls/apex/f?p={app_id}
Manage APEX users
APEX home Administration Manage users and
groups
Create a test user
Username:
Email address:
User is a developer: No
Password:
Application Export and Import
Application home Export/Import
Readings
Application Express User’s Guide
Adding Navigation
Deploying an Application