Changes in This Release
This preface contains:
Changes in Oracle Application Express Release 19.2
All content in Oracle Application Express API Reference has been updated to reflect release 19.2 functionality.
New Features and Updates
The following topics have been added or updated for this release:
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APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL
(Updates)-
GET_AUTHENTICATION_SCHEME
Function - This new function retrieves the authentication scheme name that should override the default. -
GET_BUILD_STATUS
Function - This new function retrieves the build status that should override the default. -
GET_INFO
Function - This new function retrieves install information from a source file. -
REMOVE_APPLICATION
Procedure - This new procedure removes an application from a workspace. -
SET_AUTHENTICATION_SCHEME
Procedure - This new procedure overrides the active authentication scheme for the applications that are about to be installed. -
SET_BUILD_STATUS
Function - This new function overrides the build status for applications that are about to be installed. -
Import Data Types - Describes import data types used by the
APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL
package.
See "APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL."
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APEX_CREDENTIAL
package (Updates)SET_PERSISTENT_CREDENTIALS Procedure Signature 1
addedp_namespace
andp_fingerprint
parameters.SET_SESSION_CREDENTIALS Procedure Signature 2
addedp_namespace
andp_fingerprint
parameters.
See "APEX_CREDENTIAL."
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APEX_DATA_PARSER
Package (Update)-
Parse
Function - This function has been extended to include support forCLOB
s. See PARSE Function.
See "APEX_DATA_PARSER."
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APEX_LANG
Package (Updates)-
CREATE_MESSAGE
Procedure - This new procedure creates a translatable text message for the specified application. -
DELETE_MESSAGE
Procedure - This new procedure deletes a translatable text message in the specified application.
See "APEX_LANG."
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APEX_JSON
Package (Updates)-
WRITE_CONTEXT
Procedure - This new procedure writes an array with all rows that the context handle returns. Each row is a separate object. -
WRITE Procedure Signature 19
- This new procedure procedure writes aBLOB
object attribute. The value will be Base64-encoded.
See "APEX_JSON."
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APEX_REGION
Package (Update)-
OPEN_QUERY_CONTEXT
Function - This new function opens a query context and executes the provided SQL query on the ORDS REST Enabled SQL instance.
See "APEX_REGION."
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APEX_WEB_SERVICE
Package (Updates)-
OAUTH_AUTHENTICATE Procedure Signature 1
- This procedure was incorrectly described as a function in previous release. -
OAUTH_AUTHENTICATE Procedure Signature 2
- This new procedure performs OAUTH autentication and requests an OAuth access token.
See "APEX_WEB_SERVICE."
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APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN
Package (Updates)-
Added the parameters
SYSTEM_MESSAGE
,SYSTEM_DEBUG_LEVEL
, andLOGIN_MESSAGE
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VALIDATE_EMAIL_CONFIG
Procedure - This new procedure validates the email server parameters configured in an Application Express instance.
See "APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN."
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Deprecated and Desupported Features
See Deprecated Features and Desupported Features in Oracle Application Express Release Notes.
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