The Spring Framework and Oracle – best of pals
One of the themes regularly stressed during the Oracle Develop event (part of Oracle Open World 2006) is Oracle’s key interest in and support for the Spring Framework. Oracle …
Author: Lucas Jellema
The Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer Challenge – Who is to win this competition in application development?
Oracle just announced a competition for Oracle developers around the world: The Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer Challenge. See http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/developer-tools/fusion-middleware-developer-challenge/index.html for the details of this challenge. Basically, all developers are …
Oracle BAM with a Bang – Business Activity Monitoring 10.1.3.1 available on OTN
One of the intriguing products in the Oracle Portfolio is Oracle BAM (Business Activity Monitoring). I have been trying to see it in action, learn more about and actually …
It's ODD – the OTN Developer Depot -launched at OOW 2006
Yesterday during the Regional Directors for Oracle Fusion Middleware meeting I got a preview and demonstration of what is called the Oracle Developer Depot or odd for short as …
A room full of Oracle ACEs…
Last night we had the annual Oracle ACEs dinner at a very nice San Francisco restaurant. The food and wine were excellent, but the company even more inspiring. I …
OOW 2006 -The Next Hit in the Making: Oracle WebCenter – Light weight, all Java Portal technology – SOA for UI
October 23, 2006
IT, Java, Oracle, Oracle WebLogic Server, PL/SQL, SOA, Tools, Web HTML5 CSS3
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I do not like the P word. Oracle Portal has never quite enthralled me like some or rather many other products from Big Red have. But I think I …
On the false sense of security with PL/SQL based implementation of business rules – and what to do about it
Building applications in our corner of the world typically revolves around databases. The most important bit about an application is not the application, but rather the data it creates …
Unspoiling the demo – Flashback Table and Flashback Query
The Whoops experience again. While preparing demos for OOW 2006, I did one update – or rather one commit – too many. I had assigned all employees to the …
Starting a BPEL process instance according to a timed schedule in Oracle BPEL PM
Process instances in the Oracle BPEL PM can be initiated in a number of ways. Some are passive – the BPEL engine receives a call and as a result …
The town is red! Oracle Open World hit San Francisco
It is a very early Sunday morning in a San Francisco that has turned red! In every street there are banners and posters, half of the busses are Oracle …
Oracle SOA Suite 10g Release 3 (10.1.3.1.0) Released! Go to OTN for download
It is a good day for the Oracle products availability – would the upcoming Open World conference starting on Sunday in San Francisco have anything to do with this? …
Oracle JDeveloper 10.1.3.1.0 has just been released on OTN
The 10.1.3.1.0 release of JDeveloper just hit OTN. You can download it at http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/jdev/index.html. The most spectacular changes in this releases are the built in support for the SOA …
Downgrading an Oracle JDeveloper extension – reverting upgrade of JHeadstart plugin
Oracle JDeveloper 10.1.3 has a fairly advanced – Eclipse like – mechanism for installing and upgrading plugins or extensions as they are called in JDeveloper lingo. Recently, I decided …
EJB 3.0 Java Persistence API – "Refresh After Insert": Using EntityListeners to absorb the effects from Database Triggers
While preparing an article for JDJ as well as a presentation for Oracle Open World next week, I finally got round to finding a proper solution for a challenge …
Testing i18n features of JSF applications – Forcing a refresh of the Resource Bundle(s)
October 14, 2006
IT, Java, Oracle, Oracle Application Development Framework, Oracle WebLogic Server, PL/SQL, Tools, Web HTML5 CSS3
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Internationalization, multi-linguality, NLS support for JSF applications – or any Java powered application for that matter – is an important topic. And Resource Bundles are the way to deal …
Have MERGE remove records from Target that are not in the Source – Oracle 10g
The Oracle 10g Database release saw an extension of the MERGE statement with a DELETE clause. That by the way makes MERGE the only statement that can fire all …
Is this a bug in Analytical Functions? NULL is supposed to be UNEQUAL to NULL?
While presenting the 7Up Training – upgrading experienced Oracle developers from their Oracle 7 base of knowledge and experience ("still writing 7 backwards compatible code against a 10g database") …
Putting Analytical Functions to good use – find tables with multiple foreign keys to the same referenced table
Analytical Functions are a joy in my life as an Oracle developer. I have been demonstrating them, presenting on them, teaching on them and using them. Today I had …
Extract Domain Definitions from Oracle Designer for use in JHeadstart
I am currently involved in the migration of a pretty substantial application, developed with Oracle Designer’s Web Server Generator, to the Oracle ADF technology stack, using JHeadstart. You know …
JHeadstart 10.1.3 Evaluation Copy available! – Everybody can now try out JHeadstart for ADF Faces
October 10, 2006
Announce / Events, IT, Java, Oracle, Oracle WebLogic Server, Tools, Web HTML5 CSS3
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I have just found the JHeadstart 10..1.3 Evaluation Copy on OTN. See JHeadstart’s homepage: http://www.oracle.com/technology/consulting/9iServices/JHeadstart.html. This trial software is fully functional and will function for an unlimited period of …
JHeadstart 10.1.3 – Generating InputTextHyperlink items – a generic custom generator template
One of the big new things in JHeadstart 10.1.3 for ADF Faces undoubtedly is the very rich support for custom templates. We can use custom templates to extend, complement …
ADF Faces: The InputTextHyperlink Component
Many pages developed with ADF Faces will contain items that represent hyperlinks. The user can enter a URL in such items and submit the value. However, the contents of …
Oracle BPEL PM 10.1.3 – Sending an Email to multiple recipients
It might just be the smallest topic I have ever blogged about. But then again, it took me some time to figure this out, so I figured I might …
Steve Muench publishes tutorial for JHeadstart 10.1.3 for ADF Faces
Steve Muench has published the 10.1.3 version of his JHeadstart tutorial at: Building Enterprise JSF Applications with Oracle JHeadstart for ADF (10.1.3) – A step-by-step, end-to-end tutorial on how …
Inspecting the default database under Oracle BPEL Process Manager – Querying Tasks & Processes
Oracle BPEL Process Manager has its ‘dehydration’ store where details for BPEL process instances as well as human workflows are recorded. Access to the data in the BPEL PM …
Getting rid of runaway temporary tablespace – 8 Gb reclaimed
Even though we keep telling ourselves that iron these days is cheap, I was having difficulties with my laptop’s hard disk. It was almost full – to the brim. …
Quality Check for Domains in Oracle Designer – fighting problematic AVCON check constraints
![Quality Check for Domains in Oracle Designer – fighting problematic AVCON check constraints]({"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/ABPub\/2012\/08\/02\/2018836700.jpg","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"} "Quality Check for Domains in Oracle Designer – fighting problematic AVCON check constraints")
One of the things that you never expect to go wrong will of course go wrong anyway, as I experienced today at one of my customers’ sites. We ran …
Using Object Libraries for advanced Oracle Designer Form Generation – adding popup menus to all updateable text items
For the past four weeks, AMIS has been host to the Oracle Discovery, a training program – some might say a boot camp – for nine junior Oracle developers, …
Extending the JHeadstart 10.1.3 Application Generator using Custom Templates – Generate Table Overflow Style: Bubble
JHeadstart 10.1.3 has several new features, a whole new architecture and support for ADF Faces. One of the most interesting new concepts is the notion of the Custom Templates, …
Integrating ADF Faces and MyFaces Tomahawk – Creating a Popup with ADF Faces Shuttle Component
September 22, 2006
Continuous Delivery, Java, Oracle, Oracle WebLogic Server, Tools, Web HTML5 CSS3
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One of the promises of Java Server Faces is the ability for developers to use a rich mix of UI Components from different libraries and vendors. You may pick …
Changing the order of columns in a JSF Table Component -in the client, at run-time, by the end user
The Rich UI components (see ADF Faces Rich Client Components – Marrying JSF and AJAX together) that the ADF Faces library will contain with the JDeveloper 11g release – …
Testing Knowledge of Database Performance – Is this a good Execution Plan?
Database Performance Analysis and Tuning of queries and Database Design have never been my specialty. As of late, I have been reading a lot in this area, on Wait …
Many useful sessions on Application Development in the Oracle DEVELOP track at Oracle Open World 2006
I will go to Oracle Open World this year. The last time I visited the real OOW – not the European or Australian version that I attended in the …
Having the end-user hide and display columns in a JSF Table Component
Yesterday I was discussing the migration of a Web PL/SQL based application to the Oracle ADF Technology Stack, most particularly to Java Server Faces. One interesting feature the customer …
AMIS Query – JHeadstart – Launch of 10.1.3 and celebrating 5 years of JHeadstart
Last week we hosted the umpthieth AMIS Query – our series of Technical Seminars on Oracle and Java related subjects – with over 60 visitors. We always try to …
Search ADF Faces Tree – show only nodes satisfying Query Criteria
We are still refining and enriching our ADF Faces application and in particular the Tree based pages. One of the more advanced user requests we have to deal with, …
Article Introducing JHeadstart 10.1.3 for ADF Faces (Dutch)
We just published an article on JHeadstart 10.1.3, written for the Dutch Oracle Developer’s Magazine Optimize – the September issue. The article gives an overview of the most important …
Oracle SOA Suite Developer Preview (10.1.3.1.0) available for download
I just learned that the Oracle SOA Suite is available for download at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/soapreview.html This download – a mere 560 Mb- provides us with a preview of number of …
Programmatic Client Side Activation of JSF Components
The issue is the following: my web application is riddled with buttons and hyperlinks – things the end user can click on in order to start actions: submit a …
Expand tree node all the way down in the ADF Faces Tree Component
We are still very much busy developing our ADF Faces application around the Tree Component. In previous articles we have discussed creating the tree in the first place, using …