ADF

How to get LOV value instead of index when it is used in standalone ADF “selectOneChoice” component ?

Its a common issue in ADF to get a LOV value instead of index in ADF form. How to do that in collection context, for example – when we have “selectOneChoice” in table row cell, I’ve noted in another post. And that was really easy. Its more complicated when we need the same in “selectOneChoice” used in form, standalone component…

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SQL and PL/SQL

Get “ORA-56901: non-constant expression is not allowed for pivot|unpivot values” ? Not a big deal, check a workaround!

Problem Get “ORA-56901: non-constant expression is not allowed for pivot|unpivot values” while trying to execute SQL statement with pivot clause. Lets consider this tiny sample: Here is the table:   SQL statement with PIVOT clause and constant expressions, which executes successfully: SQL statement with PIVOT clause and dynamic expressions, which fails: Solution Workaround – just don’t use PIVOT at this…

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ADF

ADF application layout messed up after migration to 12.2.1 … What might be the reason ?

Problem: After migration of ADF application from 12.1.3 to 12.2.1 layout was messed up. In particular – component stretching was disordered. Reason: As ADF is going step by step to adaptive layouting, component stretching is optimized accordingly. In version 11.1.1.7 new context parameter was introduced: oracle.adf.view.rich.geometry.DEFAULT_DIMENSIONS. It basically tells what dimensions for stretchable components should be applied by default. For example…

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ADF, JDeveloper

JBO-26041: Failed to post data to database during “Update”… What might be the reason?

Problem: Exception during data save is thrown: oracle.jbo.DMLException: JBO-26041: Failed to post data to database during “Update”: SQL Statement “UPDATE… It might be followed by similar to this one: java.sql.SQLException: Fail to construct descriptor: Unable to resolve type “NVARCHAR2″… Solution: Check if  SQLType attribute of an entity/view object attribute being updated is correct. For example it can be set to…

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ADF, Continuous Query Notification, JDeveloper

Override inputListOfValues component model and Continuous Query Notification sample in ADF

Requirement: Standard ADF inputListOfValues component should behave like this: When pressed “Search”, action should stop and wait untill any change happen in DB table being searched When change happen in DB table, search should resume among updated data. If no change happen it should resume after 10 seconds timeout In addition – search input field validation should happen on “Search”…

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Continuous Query Notification, WebSocket

WebSocket together with DB Change Notification in ADF for immediate data refresh in browser (complete sample).

Requirement We have DB table contents displayed in ADF GUI After changes in that DB table (by anyone else in the background) we want to immediately display in our currenlty open browser session Solution To achieve our goal we need somehow to know when changes in DB happen. Once we know when, need to notify browser session in order it…

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Continuous Query Notification

How to select all JDBC Database Change Notification Registrations and clean them?

Question: How do I select all database change notifications registered via JDBC driver by my DB user? Answer: select * from user_change_notification_regs Question: How do I clean all of my DB change notifications? Answer: Database change notifications registered via JDBC driver can be deregistered only the same way – using JDBC driver. Therefore you need to execute this code: This…

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