Oracle Application Express: Developing Database Web Applications

Oracle Application Express: Developing Database Web Applications
Hands-On-Labs Guide
Unit 2: Using SQL Workshop

This exercise includes two hands-on-labs.
HOL 2-1: Loading the Tables and Data: In this lab, you will use SQL Workshop to create the
underlying database objects and data required for you to build the Demo Projects application.
HOL 2-2: Creating a Lookup Table: In this lab, you will create a tabled named HARDWARE
and load data into the table. Then, you create a lookup table.
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HOL 2-1: Loading the Tables and Data
It is essential to have at least the tables defined in order for the Create Application wizard to
generate pages in your application. In this hands-on-lab, you create the required database objects,
and populate the tables with sample data.
1. Use SQL Workshop to upload a script that creates the tables for the Demo Projects application.
Perform the following steps:
a) Navigate to SQL Workshop and select SQL Scripts.
b) Click Upload.
c) Click Choose File.
d) Navigate to the working directory where you extracted apex-course-labs.zip.

Locate the Project_Tables.sql file, and double-click the file or click the file and then click
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Open.
Click Upload.
e) Review the uploaded script to see what tables will be created.

In the SQL Scripts list, click the Edit icon (pencil), to the left of the script you just uploaded.
f) Click the Run icon to the right of the script you uploaded.
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g) Then, click Run Now.
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h) Scroll down to view the results of the script that you just ran.
2. Currently the tables you created do not have any data. A script has been provided that creates an
Oracle database package which can be run at any time to insert or reset the data in the tables.
Use SQL Workshop to upload a script that you can use to populate table data. Perform the
following steps:
a) Click SQL Scripts. Click Upload.
b) Click Choose File, where you extracted apex-course-labs.zip.
c) Locate the Project_Data.sql file, and double-click the file or click the file and then click
Open.
Click Upload.
d) Click the Run icon to the right of the script you uploaded (top row).
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e) Then, click Run Now.
f) Scroll down, to view the results.
3. In step 2, you uploaded a package called DEMO_PROJECTS_DATA_PKG. However, this

package has not yet been run so the tables you created still do not have any data. The SQL
Commands facility, within SQL Workshop, allows a developer to run any valid SQL commands.
You will run a SQL command to execute the data package and populate the tables. Use SQL
Commands to execute Oracle Database package. Perform the following steps:
a) Click the Up arrow, before SQL Scripts.
b) Click SQL Commands.
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c) Enter the following code:
begin
demo_projects_data_pkg.load_sample_data;
end;
d) Click Run.
4. Use the Object Browser within SQL Workshop to review all of the database objects, such as the
tables and packages you created, available in the underlying Oracle database schema which is
associated with the Application Express workspace you logged into. Perform the following
steps:
a) At the top of the page, select SQL Workshop and then select Object Browser.
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b) In Object Browser, select the DEMO_PROJ_TEAM_MEMBERS table, and then click

on the Data tab.
Note: There are a number of other tables listed, outside of those you created using the script
file above.
c) To review the package you created, select Packages.
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d) Then, select DEMO_PROJECTS_DATA_PKG.
e) Click Body to review the primary PL/SQL rather than the specification.
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Note: This package includes complex PL/SQL code to insert images and replicate users
entering in records. It is not important that you understand the PL/SQL code in this
package, as you will not normally have to populate data in this matter. Generally, you
would create the tables with no data and then use the application you build to insert the
records.
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HOL 2-2: Creating a Lookup Table
In this hands-on-lab, you use the Data Workshop utility to create a table and populate the table with
data. Once this table is created, you also create a lookup table.
1. Click SQL Workshop > Utilities > Data Workshop.
2. Click Load Data.
3. The Load Data Wizard appears.

Navigate to the working directory where you have apex-course-labs.zip.
4. Locate the hardware.csv file, and then drag and drop the file to the Load Data dialog.
Alternatively, in the Load Data dialog, click Choose File, and then double-click
the hardware.csv file.
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5. Enter Hardware for Table Name, accept the remaining defaults and click Load Data.
Notice that the Error Table Name is populated.
6. The new table is now created and is populated with the data. Click View Table.
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7. In the Object Selection pane, click Hardware.

The Detail pane now shows details about Hardware table. For the Hardware table, review the
column names and data types.
Click Data.
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Now you see a report of the data contained in the Hardware table.
8. You want to create a lookup table now. Perform the following steps:
a) Click Table. Click Create Lookup Table.
b) Select DEPARTMENT for Column. Click Next.
c) Accept the defaults on this page and click Next.
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d) Click Create Lookup Table.
e) Review the table definition of DEPARTMENT_LOOKUP table.
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f) In the Object Selection pane, click HARDWARE.

Review the table details. Notice that the DEPARTMENT column has been extracted from
the HARDWARE table and is now available in the DEPARTMENT_LOOKUP table.
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Unit 2: Using SQL Workshop

This exercise includes two hands-on-labs.

HOL 2-1: Loading the Tables and Data

a) Navigate to SQL Workshop and select SQL Scripts.

c) Click Choose File.

d) Navigate to the working directory where you extracted apex-course-labs.zip.

e) Review the uploaded script to see what tables will be created.

g) Then, click Run Now.

a) Click SQL Scripts. Click Upload.

b) Click Choose File, where you extracted apex-course-labs.zip.

e) Then, click Run Now.

f) Scroll down, to view the results.

3. In step 2, you uploaded a package called DEMO_PROJECTS_DATA_PKG. However, this

a) Click the Up arrow, before SQL Scripts.

b) Click SQL Commands.

c) Enter the following code:

b) In Object Browser, select the DEMO_PROJ_TEAM_MEMBERS table, and then click

c) To review the package you created, select Packages.

d) Then, select DEMO_PROJECTS_DATA_PKG.

HOL 2-2: Creating a Lookup Table

1. Click SQL Workshop > Utilities > Data Workshop.

2. Click Load Data.

3. The Load Data Wizard appears.

Notice that the Error Table Name is populated.

7. In the Object Selection pane, click Hardware.

a) Click Table. Click Create Lookup Table.

b) Select DEPARTMENT for Column. Click Next.

c) Accept the defaults on this page and click Next.

d) Click Create Lookup Table.

e) Review the table definition of DEPARTMENT_LOOKUP table.

f) In the Object Selection pane, click HARDWARE.

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