No Route to HostDid I write this? No, not at all. I gave an AI a prompt, had a little back and forth conversation, made a few edits, and, boom, another blob of text, more bits in an unending garbage dump of digital eJul 31, 2026·36 min read
Using Faceted Search in Additional Region TypesInteractive Reports, Interactive Grids, Charts...they all could benefit from faceted search.Nov 21, 2025·8 min read
Using Declarative APEX REST Data Sources via PL/SQL APIs #JoelKallmanDayI have written and done several APEX Instant Tips about the topics of using the declarative features of APEX (instead of writing code) and about using APEX REST Data Sources: APEX Instant Tips #180: Deploying APEX applications that include REST Data...Oct 15, 2025·5 min read
Using APEX_DEBUG Without an APEX SessionCheck out APEX Instant Tips episode 178 for more information on this topic. Code instrumentation is key to developing maintainable and testable applications. The APEX_DEBUG PL/SQL API has everything I need and a lot of features under the covers that ...Aug 23, 2025·3 min read
Oracle APEX - Set Modal Dialog Title Based Upon Substitution StringsFor more details, check out APEX Instant Tips episode 179. In APEX Instant Tips episode 31 we discussed how to navigate the APEX DOM, specifically highlighting how to set a modal dialog title. That episode has one missed feature—with un-chained dialo...Aug 22, 2025·2 min read
Realign APEX Interactive ComponentsIt’s fairly common to change the look of an apex component via javascript. This could be for a variety of reasons, some of which we discussed in APEX Instant Tips episode 75. The problem is that sometimes this causes page elements to shift out of ali...May 7, 2025·1 min read
