The Apex JavaScript API has some very convenient functions to access the values of page items.

For example, if you wante to access the contents of a text field with JavaScript, would would need to reference it something like this:

$x("P2_TEXT_FIELD").value;

If the item you want to reference is a display only item, then the syntax changes:

x = $("#P2_DISPLAY_ONLY").text();

If you need to set the values of these items, the you need to use the varying syntax as well:

$x("P2_TEXT_FIELD").value = "Hello World!";

or

$("#P2_DISPLAY_ONLY").text("Hello World!");

Dealing with these various syntax constructs can be confusing. Fortunately the Apex JavaScript API makes this process much easier. To get page item values simply use $v(“<item_name>”):

x = $v("P2_TEXT_FIELD");
y = $v("P2_DISPLAY_ONLY");

To set the item values use:

$s("P2_TEXT_FIELD","Hello World!");
$s("P2_DISPLAY_ONLY","Hello World!");

See an example on my demo page.

The $v2() is handy if you need to access multiple items in…

SELECT * from APEX_MAIL_LOG ORDER BY LAST_UPDATED_ON DESC;

SELECT * from APEX_MAIL_QUEUE ORDER BY LAST_UPDATED_ON DESC;

In the last post I showed how easily you can enable an Interactive Grid for editing, however what if you want to only allow the user to edit certain rows?

Lets imagine a scenario – given the standard EMP table, I should only be able to change the salary of Employees who report to me (i.e. I can’t change the salary of an employee if they report to someone else).

So, let’s create an Interactive Grid with the following query –

Now, for the purposes of this example, given the hierarchy of the EMP table –

I’m going to “pretend” to be BLAKE – since BLAKE is the manager of 5 people.

If you look at the properties of the Interactive Grid you’ll see the “Allowed Row Operations Column” setting, this allows us to define a column in the query which will be used to define whether I can Update…