Oracle ADF Faces 10g: How to pass data between pages Do you have the need to pass data between pages, e.g. for a new customer signup page flow that spans multiple pages? In ADF Faces, when you have a form that spans multiple pages, you have options on how to pass and maintain the data between pages, e.g. cache the data in the middle tier, re-write the data into hidden fields on the page, or store the state in session. Caching and storing data in session have the drawback of not being back-button or new-window safe. Often frameworks have a … Read More
Oracle ADF Faces 10g: Submitting a part of the page
Did you know ADF Faces allows you to submit only part of a page? This can be useful when you have a search box on a page and only want to submit that one component when the user clicks the search button. The ADF Faces af:subForm component represents an independently submittable region of a page. When used within an af:form tag or within an JSF HTML h:form tag, af:subForm lets you control which components should be validated and pushed into the model without having to use multiple forms on a page. See the following for more information on ADF subForms.
OracleAS 10.1.2 on 32 bit vs. 64 bit
Some people get excited about the prospects of running Oracle Application Server (10.1.2) on a 64-bit OS. However, just to be clear here, even if you go through the patching to get the install completed, you will still only be running OracleAS in 32-bit mode. By the way, if you have reasons for really wanting to run OracleAS on a 64-bit OS, I would be interested in hearing a compelling argument.
Discoverer – Public Connections for Oracle Applications with SSO
While using SSO, in order to create a public connection to Oracle Discoverer for Oracle Applications, I suggest creating a service account (user) in EBS and marking that user for LOCAL authentication (instead of SSO). There may not be many reasons to create a public connection in this scenario, but I did come across one recently and it is not well-documented, so I thought I would share. Of course, with Oracle BI Discoverer (non-Oracle-Applications), connections are made by database users and creating a public connection doesn’t require any EBS changes.
Oracle Development with JDeveloper
I highly recommend the use of JDeveloper as the IDE for Oracle Application Server (Oracle 9iAS and Oracle10gAS — or however they are spelling/selling it these days). As I understand it, JDeveloper is now offered as a free IDE by Oracle for developers. With the built in integration for OracleAS for deploying Java-based web applications, portlets, ADF (Oracle’s implementation on top of the hot JSF techology), and much more, JDeveloper is quickly becoming the free, non-open source IDE of choice for the enterprise. ADF, specifically, requires a license before deployment to production, but regardless of this, JDeveloper has much to offer and what seems to be a solid … Read More
AddThis – Email Option
If you have tried using the AddThis button on your web site, you may not have seen an “email” option displayed, even if you had it in your list of sharing methods. It is important to note that the username is required by the button for email to be enabled. On a separate note, there are better options specifically for email sharing that easily allow for your own branding and high delivery rates, but AddThis does a nice job combining all into an easy to use and implement solution, with a small footprint.
Simple Explanation of SOA
I know many of our readers already know what SOA is — in fact, many of you probably have your own definition. However, the below is a nice animation that helps provide a simple explanation that a business user can appreciate.
Oracle SOA Environment Performance Tuning Options – Quick Notes
Tuning OAS and BPEL Console.