SET_OFFSET Procedure

4.34 SET_OFFSET Procedure

This procedure sets the offset value used during application import. Use the offset value to ensure that the metadata for the Application Express application definition does not collide with other metadata on the instance. For a new application installation, it is usually sufficient to call the generate_offset procedure to have Application Express generate this offset value for you.

Syntax

APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL.SET_OFFSET(
    p_offset IN NUMBER);

Parameters

Table 4-15 SET_OFFSET Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_offset`	The offset value. The offset must be a positive integer. In most cases you do not need to specify the offset, and instead, call `APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL.GENERATE_OFFSET`, which generates a large random value and then set it in the `APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL` package.

Example

The following example generates a random number from the database and uses this as the offset value in APEX_APPLICATION_INSTALL.

declare
    l_offset number;
begin
    l_offset := dbms_random.value(100000000000, 999999999999);
    apex_application_install.set_offset( p_offset => l_offset );
end/