Month: October 2012

Blogging

Is blogging another word for bragging?

TweetShareSharePin0 SharesThat was essentially reader Gabriel posted on my post Suppressing repeating values in SQL. At first my reaction was just to ignore it as I felt it was too odd. But then use FarMan posted a complete opposite “Dude, you just saved my life. Thanks so much!”. Could the same post really get so different reactions? Gabriel’s question was:“The above is a neat trick, but only for the purpose of showing off. What’s the use? Please enlighten me, because […]

APEX, PL/SQL

The power of using records in APEX

TweetShareSharePin0 SharesDo you use forms based on procedures in APEX? If not, why not?Do you use records in the procedures you use for forms in APEX? If not, why not? I like procedures and records and with APEX I like them even more. Why you say? Should you not just point forms against tables and let the APEX magic take care of it all? No, I do not think you should. The reason is that I love that feature for […]