Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Oracle Application Express Patch Set 3.2.1.00.12

Yesterday a new patch for APEX came out on My Oracle Support (Metalink). Without the patch number it was difficult for me to find the right patch, as just searching on product family Oracle Application Express didn't give the correct result. So if you want to download the patch from My Oracle Support search for patch number 8548651.

This patch includes a number of fixes:

Bug NumberDescription

5914368

In Firefox, Find functionality in HTML Editor Standard is broken.

5914374

In Firefox, text inside a table in HTML Editor Standard is always striked.

8320124

Updates ignored when editing all regions.

8320185

Error displays when applying changes to include an Oracle Report in application migrations.

8330936

Oracle Reports with a SQL query greater than 4k cannot be converted in Forms conversion.

8331010

Oracle Report SQL queries greater than 4k are not displayed in Forms conversion project.

8331201

Export/import actions cause loss of interactive report print attributes.

8334711

Transactional SQL in SQL Commands results in a ORA-01003.

8338787

Enhanced query not saved correctly when Apply Changes is clicked in application migrations.

8338990

Application import is slow and sometimes times out.

8347332

Unable to use greater than character (>) in expression in CASE statement of computed column.

8351256

Upgrading runtime-only environment results in ORA-04042 errors on GRANT action.

8355079

APEX_UTIL.EXPORT_APPLICATION(_PAGE) throws ORA errors with multibyte characters.

8358834

Cannot create application from a Migration project with mixed case table names.

8370221

Create package with methods on database tables fails.

8371342

When using page groups, manage unassigned links goes to wrong page.

8416002

Slow performance when creating application on spreadsheet.

8417143

ORA-44003: invalid sql name error when creating a Calendar region.

8422688

apex_user_access_log.last_login column not correctly updated.

8431814

Unable to import SQL script using SQL Workshop, SQL Scripts, Import utility.

8432829

Poor performance when running Lists of Values Utilization report.

8460439

Interactive report from copied page takes bind variable value from original page.

8466467

Deep link lost after sso authentication.

8466721

Oracle Application Express schema needs EXECUTE privilege on DBMS_RANDOM, DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT.

8466935

Allow developed applications to call APEX_UTIL.CREATE_USER.

8486277

Unable to edit non-database blocks listed in application migrations.

8494970

COLUMN COLUMN_EXPR not exposed in Oracle Application Express views.

8512898

Build Options display incorrectly in some Oracle Application Express views.

8527710

Tabs overlap in 2-level Tab template in Chrome/Safari for Theme 17.

8530955

Degraded performance using interactive reports over time.

8534848

Interactive report charts raise Object Required error in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

8551429

ORA-00936 is displayed in page views by workspace and user (4050:36).

8553100

Original query generated for Forms conversion uses incorrect column names.

8555172

BLOB download links are incorrect when multiple file items referenced on a page.

8567600

ORA-00942 error occurs in Utilities, Object Reports, PL/SQL Unit Line Counts.

8567757

ORA-00979 error occurs in Utilities, Schema Comparison report.

8568894

JavaScript error using Interactive reports when selecting a column in Search bar.

8571758

Unable to upload Oracle Report XML to Forms conversion project on Oracle Database, release 9.2.

8573453

Create workspace fails - ORA-28232: Invalid input length for Obfuscation Toolkit.



How to install the patch and further information you find in the patch notes. After installing the patch your version of APEX should be 3.2.1.00.12.
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8 comments:

  1. Morten Braten1/13/2010 10:14 AM

    This page still says "3.2.1.00.11" in the title, but on the rest of the page it has been changed to "3.21.1.00.12".

    http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/html/3.2.1_patchnote.html

    However, I am fairly certain that the list of bugs fixed is the same as it was on this page a month or two ago (when it described patch .11).

    So the real question is, what does patch .12 really fix?

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  2. Mark Lancaster1/13/2010 1:14 PM

    Hi Dimitri

    The patch is also missing the apxldimg.sql, apxpatch.sql and README.html files from the top patch folder.

    Copy them from the earlier version of the patch, and everything runs properly.

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  3. Mark Lancaster1/13/2010 2:48 PM

    More bad news - this patch has broken exporting of application components.

    Try exporting application components, selecting any component.
    Walk through the wizard until you get to the "Export Components" button, 4000:637.

    When you press the button, you get an "ORA-01722: invalid number" message.

    Able to export pages ok though.

    Damn - I really like using export application components.

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  4. Unknown1/13/2010 11:21 PM

    Hi Mark,

    I see the files apxldimg.sql, apxpatch.sql and README.html...

    Sure your unzip didn't fail?

    Dimitriq

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  5. Peter Raganitsch1/14/2010 8:50 AM

    Hi Dimitri,

    i think this isn't a new Patch, it still has the same Patch number as the upgrade Patch to 3.2.1 .

    Also no "official" sources reported a new Patch, so maybe we should stay clear for the moment.

    Peter

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  6. Mark Lancaster1/14/2010 12:11 PM

    Hi Dimitri

    Checked at home - the patch I downloaded definitely was missing the files mentioned before.

    Downloaded it again, this time it contained the files.

    Reran the new version of the patch successfully. It also fixed the bug I'd mentioned with the "export components".

    Logical explanation? Your guess is as good as mine.

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  7. ivan1/29/2010 3:28 PM

    i downloaded the 3.2.1.00.12 version and installed from scratch and it seems the object browser is broken in firefox (3.5.7) as well as in my trusty ie 6. (broken = click on an object on the left and nothing happens)

    ie 8 seems to render it ok.

    can others see the object browser in firefox for 3.2.1.00.12 ?

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  8. Stewart MacLeod6/01/2010 2:12 AM

    I may be late to the answer but with firefox I can not see object browser (but I can with release 4 - it must be the latest patch set)

    I can't believe after all these months it is still an open issue

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