Comments on Sydney Oracle Lab: Small slices of pie

I see the main drawback of Forms is the license co...

2011-04-03T10:31:25.484+10:00

I see the main drawback of Forms is the license cost. There are advantages to it though, a much rich UI for a start.

It isn't necessary to go with one technology for all interfaces, so I can see Apex sitting alongside a Forms or Java/ADF application.

Mr. Gary, in my company we're going to develop...

2011-04-02T00:28:14.228+11:00

Mr. Gary, in my company we're going to develop new application, and they intend to use oracle forms as we developed applications using it

I think the development trend now move to APEX, I am just would like to know why are you prefer APEX, as if I Knew I will convince them to use it

Thank you for your time and consideration

I'm happy for anything I post on my blog to be...

2009-12-17T19:42:04.918+11:00

I'm happy for anything I post on my blog to be used. That's why I post :)
Feel free to post questions as comments here. Otherwise (and for better formatting etc) I follow anything tagged with oracle on the stackoverflow.com forums.

Hi Gary, Thanks for your post regards to the pie c...

2009-12-17T10:45:39.123+11:00

Hi Gary,
Thanks for your post regards to the pie chart, looks great. I am new to Apex and “pie chart” but I like to use your way (if you are okay with it)in my Apex App. One thing that I am having a difficulty is how to get my values from my table. Would you be able to help me? I do very much appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks Patrick,
Yes, the 'feature' is the use o...

2008-07-26T06:40:00.000+10:00

Thanks Patrick,
Yes, the 'feature' is the use of the RANK and ORDER BY. The FROM/WHERE clause is purely for data generation.

Gary,

another thought, maybe you should exp...

2008-07-25T20:38:00.000+10:00

Gary,

another thought, maybe you should explain that the inner connect by SELECT is just used to generate some data and doesn't have to do anything with your solution. A novice developer could be confused by that.

Patrick

Gary,

very useful tip! I will reference it ...

2008-07-25T19:19:00.000+10:00

Gary,

very useful tip! I will reference it on my APEX blog.

Patrick