In this APEX Instant Tip episode, Hayden introduces the !RAW notation for substitution strings, and discusses a use case for when it could be appropriate (end users needing to use HTML to format text).
Insum’s own APEX security guru Anton Nielsen addresses the risks this poses, and provides a strategy to safeguard against XSS and other dangers using the recently added apex_escape.html_allowlist.
Also, the solution to last week’s puzzler is revealed!
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Past Episodes
Episode 21: Insensitive Searches
Perform searches in APEX for all "versions" of the same word, capitalized, accented or not. See...
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Episode 20: How to find out which Items changed in APEX
Anton and Hayden take you through how to get APEX to tell you which item has...
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Episode 19: Is that really a Classic Report??
Jorge Rimblas, the master of Oracle APEX Classic Reports, shows us how to use a variety...
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Episode 18: Handling time zones in APEX
The Automatic Time Zone setting in APEX presents some significant challenges. Anton adresses the issues by...
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Episode 17: Using Markdown in APEX
With declarative support built into Oracle APEX, markdown ensures a consistent look and feel, and removes...
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Episode 16: Create an Oracle APEX plugin from scratch
Stefan Dobre joins Anton and Hayden to show how, with a little help from a Chrome...
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Episode 15: Adding Rich Animations Throughout your APEX Applications
This week, Anton and Hayden dive into the extensive help that you may not even be...
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Episode 13: RTFIH (aka Oracle APEX Inline Help)
This week, Anton and Hayden dive into the extensive help that you may not even be...
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