Recent Posts by Juergen Kress

JDeveloper allows to easily create tables with the af:table component. The table allows easy access to the selected row or rows. However, if you are interested in which cell of a table has been clicked, ADF needs some tweaking. This blog is about how to tweak an af:table to get exactly this info. Use Case You like to know which cell in an af:table a user has clicked, e.g. to get some detailed information about the clicked item or cell in the selected row. The sample I show get...

  The November edition of the PaaS & Middleware Partner Update contains three topics: • Highlights Oracle OpenWorld and Code One • Oracle Developer Meetups across Europe • PaaS Community Oracle Integration Cloud Update For regular updates please subscribe to our YouTube channel here. Thanks for your likes and sharing the video on YouTube and LinkedIn. For the latest PaaS Community information please visit our Community update wiki here (Community membership required).   Blog Twitter...

  Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET) empowers developers by providing a free and open source modular client-side toolkit based on modern JavaScript, CSS3, and HTML5 design and development principles. In the development of JET, Oracle believes that following standards and specifications is extremely important whenever possible, especially in the context of enterprise applications. The W3C Web Component specification is one of these standards, with the potential...

In this video we create an application for managing parking spot requests. The application pulls in information about employees and locations from the Oracle HCM Cloud REST API, then expands it with custom VBCS objects for parking spots and parking spot requests. A PCS process manages the approval process for the application. Read the complete article here. PaaS Partner Community For regular information on Oracle PaaS become a member in the SOA & BPM Partner Community for...

Today I had to fix an issue in one of our ADF applications. For those of you working with ADF (as I do too occasionally) this might be valuable, so I decided to share this. The application is based on an old Oracle Forms applications and I had to implement the following functionality: FRM-41830 : List of Values contains no entries.In other words (more ADF like) : If you are about to render a List of Values and that List of Values contains no rows, just show a message instead...

There’s been a lot of talk recently about blockchains beyond its original use for supporting Bitcoin. Earlier this year, we covered a session in London where the takeaway from the panel was there are too many problems to be solved. But that was in February, and a lot has changed since then. Judging from some of the blockchain sessions at the recent Oracle OpenWorld conference, the emerging potential uses for blockchain are kind of staggering. Blockchain uses a technology also...

At Oracle Open World, Oracle launched the new and exciting enterprise-grade Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service. The launch generated overwhelming interest from press, analysts, and conference attendees as evident by standing-room only attendance in nearly all Blockchain sessions. What was equally noteworthy was the tremendous interest from software developers.  The demos and hands-on labs showcased just how easy it is for any developer to work with Oracle Blockchain Cloud...

Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) release, 2.5.0 This is a major release containing a number of platform upgrades and enhancements, including the following: A NEW release of JDeveloper is required.  You need to install the MAF extension in Oracle JDeveloper 12c (12.2.1.3.0).  See Installing Oracle JDeveloper Studio in Installing Oracle JDeveloper and Installing Mobile Application Framework with JDeveloper.The embedded Cordova platform engines have been updated to...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology – a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce – has released an overview of blockchain technology, aimed to clarify the central characteristics of the technology, its limitations and common misconceptions. The document targets beginners to blockchain, specifically organizations considering adopting the technology, and those trying to move beyond the "hype" surrounding blockchain. The authors remind readers that...