Description
Oracle Application Express (formerly called HTML DB) is one of the most exciting web application development tools on the market and this is the first and best HTML-DB Application express book. HTML-DB Application Express is a true Rapid Application Development environment that can take an idea from concept to a working production level application in a very short period of time and this book can help.
This unique book provides easy step-by-step examples to guide you through the various features and removes the guesswork from learning Oracle HTML DB Application Express. This book describes the techniques necessary to build Easy HTML DB Application Express applications, and shows working examples of HTML DB database access from the simple web page population to the complex database transaction enforcing multi-user concurrency.
This book is unique because it describes all HTML DB Application Express concepts in an easy to understand language and contains step-by-step working examples of various HTML DB features. The HTML-DB Application Express book shows the when, where, why, and how of using each feature to build and deploy your web applications. It is designed for any Oracle professional including DBA's, application developers, Network Engineers and IT managers.
Table of Contents
Section I - Introduction, Installation, and Configuration
The components that make up the HTML DB development environment.
CHAPTER 1 - Installing Oracle HTTP Server
CHAPTER 2 - Installing HTML DB
Installation of HTML DB version 1.6
Upgrading to HTML DB version 1.6.1
CHAPTER 3 - HTML DB Basic Administration I
Just the basics - a brief demonstration of getting started with HTML DB. More in depth information will be provided in a later chapter.
Creating a workspace in manual mode, simple, just enough to continue with examples in the book
Section II - Getting to Know HTML DB
CHAPTER 4 - Oracle HTML-DB Data Workshop
Importing Data
Exporting Data
CHAPTER 5 - HTML-DB SQL Workshop
SQL Command Processor
UI Defaults
Explain Plan
Browsing Database Objects
Query by example
Scripts
CHAPTER 6 - Learning the HTML DB Application Builder
Application Attributes
Pages
Regions
Page Rendering
Regions
Buttons
Items
Computations
Processes
Page Processing
Computations
Validations
Processes
Conditional Processing
Branches
Shared Components
Application Level Items
Tabs
List of Values (LOV)
Menus
Lists
Theme
Templates
Security
Navigation Bar
Wizards
Utilities
CSS and Image Files
Export/ImportSection III - Building Applications
CHAPTER 7 - Creating Web Pages with HTML DB
Forms
Reports
Charts
Buttons
Items
List of Values (LOVs)
Calendars
Shortcuts
Java
CHAPTER 8 - Navigation
Buttons
Tabs
NavBar
Breadcrumb Menus
Trees
Section IV - Advanced
CHAPTER 9 - Customizing HTML DB
Java Script
Themes
Copy, Customize
CSS
Templates
Copy, Modify
Substitution Strings
CHAPTER 9- Application Deployment with Oracle HTML-DB
Loading pictures and images
Deploying your app to production
Using Application Builder Utilities to Deploy Your App
Export/Import
CSS and Image Files
The Export Repository
CHAPTER 10- HTML DB Administration II
Administration Home
Service Administration
Manage Engine Settings
Workspace Provisioning
Managing Requests
Managing Workspaces
Export
Import
Managing Users
Security
CHAPTER 11 - Tips and Tricks
CHAPTER 12 - Debugging
CHAPTER 13 - HTML DB API’s
CHAPTER 14 - Best Practices
Appendix
Glossary
Index