Richard Martens

Richard Martens has been involved in information technology for more than 20 years. He started as a web developer using the Oracle database as no more than data storage. Richard has been responsible for major European multilingual websites and has been working with the Oracle database since 2000. During those years, he developed himself using a multitude of technologies and specialized in PL/SQL and Oracle APEX. With APEX, he combines the things he loves most: the Oracle database and web technologies.

Apex listener v 1.1

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I simply love the Apex Listener that Oracle sent out a couple of weeks ago. I now allways use it to do my (one developer = me) development, for a number of reasons. It’s easy to set up. I can edit my CSS and Images on the filesystem (no WebDav needed). It saves me resources … Read more

Command Line replacement

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I’m a nerd. I know. I simply “love” the command-line. For years I’ve been using 4NT and TakeCommand, registered the product years ago (www.jpsoft.com). Now I made the switch to Windows 7 (64-bit). I still have to get used to it. Some Oracle issues on PL/SQL developer etc. When I wanted to install my command-lines. … Read more

Warp11 Apex plugins available

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Today I published the plugins we’ve written to the plugin-library at www.apex-plugin.com. Warp11 CSS Menu The menu is based upon Jessica Wilson’s drop-down menu, but has unlimited levels and more control on the styles used. We also used a different JQuery plugin Warp11 GMaps item The item shows a Google map with some buttons within the … Read more

Manage HTTP Access in Application Express 3.0

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Wow, Richard and I have been strugling with APEX 4 on XE for hours before we came across this port: http://www.emarcel.com/database/143-apexhttpccess It would have saved us hours.. thanks Marcin! <COPIED BLOG> After default installation of Oracle APEX 3.0, remote users are not allowed to access Database home page (APEXconsole) http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex http://localhost:8080/apex http://hostname.com:8080/apex (not allowed by default … Read more

Manage HTTP Access in Application Express 3.0

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Wow, Richard and I have been strugling with APEX 4 on XE for hours before we came across this port: http://www.emarcel.com/database/143-apexhttpccess It would have saved us hours.. thanks Marcin! <COPIED BLOG> After default installation of Oracle APEX 3.0, remote users are not allowed to access Database home page (APEXconsole) http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex http://localhost:8080/apex http://hostname.com:8080/apex (not allowed by … Read more

APEX Popup LOV with more columns

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Today I found a really neat plug-in to Oracle’s APEX. Have a look here: http://www.apex-plugin.com/oracle-apex-plugins/item-plugin/skillbuilders-super-lov_75.html All’s well, ut there is a downside to using this plug-in. Cascading Parent LOV’s are not supported yet. I hope they will soon. So I came up with an alternative that does use the native popup LOV. I altered the … Read more