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Salim Hlayel

Principal Product Manager

  • Salim Hlayel is a Principal Product Manager for Oracle Application Express. He is responsible to extend the growth of Oracle Application Express in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East. Salim holds a master's degree in Computer Science, majoring in Software Engineering from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has joined Oracle Abu Dhabi in September 2019.

    Salim Hlayel is a Principal Product Manager for Oracle Application Express. He is responsible to extend the growth of Oracle Application Express in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East. Salim holds a master's degree in Computer Science, majoring in Software Engineering from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has joined Oracle Abu Dhabi in September 2019.

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Recent Posts by Salim Hlayel

Dynamic Action Enhancements in APEX 21.1

The introduction of the Dynamic Action concept back in Oracle APEX 4.0 was a great addition to the low code momentum of Oracle APEX. Many did consider it a vital step into simplifying the events interaction and consider it an important feature for the product. What Dynamic Actions provided was simply to utilize a declarative approach instead of worrying about JavaScript events and lengthy coding. It has enabled developers to define complex client-side behavior declaratively...

Native Markdown Support in APEX 21.1

Introduction Markdown syntax is becoming very popular recently. The format is pretty easy to learn and is considered minimal compared to other languages' syntax such as HTML. Oracle APEX has introduced the first use of Markdown in version 19.2. As a developer, you could create a Markdown Editor item making it interesting for your end-users to input text in Markdown format. The Rich Text Editor was just emitting HTML at that time. This situation has led to some security concerns...

Supporting Arabic and Hebrew in PDF Printing - APEX 21.1

Built-in Printing History Native PDF Printing feature was added back in Oracle APEX 20.1. The support was only available to Interactive Grids by then. In Oracle APEX 20.2 more enhancements have been added to the report printing such as: Built-in PDF printing and Excel download Built-in APIs to print PDF and download Excel in interactive reports and classic reports. Interactive Report - Send E-Mail All download formats can now be attached. Enhanced integration with Oracle...

MLE and the Future of Server-Side Programming in Oracle APEX

Oracle APEX Oracle Application Express (APEX) is a unique low code development platform that runs as a part of the great Oracle Database platform. Having the engine of APEX inside the Oracle Database grants it a premium privilege to access all the goodies and features that come with Oracle Database allowing the number one low code platform to be treated as a first-class citizen. No doubt this has opened the door so wide to unlimited possibilities. Oracle Database 21c The new...

Automate your business process in Oracle APEX 20.2

Oracle APEX Automations are a sequential set of PL/SQL actions, triggered by query results. They are used to monitor data and then perform the appropriate action (examples are auto-approving specific requests and sending email alerts). An automation can be triggered on Schedule or on Demand, by invoking the APEX_AUTOMATION package. Query results can be derived from: Table or View, SQL Query or a PL/SQL function returning a SQL Query. Local Database or REST Enabled SQL REST Data...

Creating Email Campaign App with Oracle APEX

Oracle APEX has proven many times that it is a great low-code platform for developers. In this blog article, I will walk you through creating an Email Campain App with APEX with a little bit of code. Data First We know that Oracle APEX is a data-first application development framework. Let's start with the data model for our customers that we need to target for the Email Campaign.  Each customer will have few attributes such as Country they are from, Marital Status, Gender, Email...

مجتمع الأوراكل أبيكس والشرق الأوسط الكبير

لم يدر في خلدي يوما أن أتجول في ربوع وطننا العربي حاملاً رسالة منتج من أقوى وأبدع ما أنتجته قريحة البشر في تاريخ البرمجة بالشيفرة المنخفضة. البداية كانت في العاصمة الخلابة الرياض، والمنتج بالطبع كان الأوراكل أبيكس. كنا على موعد مع أبطال المملكة العربية السعودية وكلنا أمل أن يكون التفاعل متواجداً والعدد مناسباً لتغطية هكذا حدث، خاصة أنه الحدث الأول لي خارج دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة. كانت عقارب الساعة تشير إلى الساعة الثامنة صباحاً من يوم السادس والعشرين من شهر يناير للعام...

Using Build Options

In many cases, you would like as a developer to be able to enable or disable certain related functionalities in your APEX applications. Build Options are useful in that case as they enable developers to enable or disable application components and functionalities when the application installs or at runtime using the APEX_UTIL.GET_BUILD_OPTION_STATUS and APEX_UTIL.SET_BUILD_OPTION_STATUS APIs. Build Options status can have two values only. Either Include or Exclude. Include...

الأوراكل أبيكس، القصة منذ البداية

قد يتساءل البعض ما هو هذا المنتج المدعو بأوراكل أبيكس. وهل نحتاج كمستخدمين ومبرمجين إلى منتج جديد آخر؟ وما سعر هذا المنتج؟ وهل هو مدعوم من شركة أوراكل؟ وما هي ميزاته عن المنصات البرمجية الأخرى؟ وهل يصلح لتطوير تطبيقات مؤسسية أم فقط يقتصر على البرمجيات الصغيرة والبسيطة؟ تساؤلات عديدة سأحاول الإجابة عنها في هذا المقال. ولنبدأ بالتساؤل الأول وربما الأهم؟هل نحتاج كمستخدمين ومبرمجين إلى منتج جديد آخر؟ في الواقع الأوراكل أبيكس ليس منتجاً جديداً على الإطلاق. لقد تم إطلاق المنتج...