Static Application and Workspace Files in APEX 5

Ahmed AL-Saied

Dears,

After Install apex5 with database 11g every thing running okay with ords 2.10

i am try to make configuration for static file by this steps :-

@apex_rest_config.sql

alter user my user  connect through APEX_REST_PUBLIC_USER;

DECLARE
  ACL_PATH  VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
  -- Look for the ACL currently assigned to '*' and give APEX_050000
  -- the "connect" privilege if APEX_050000 does not have the privilege yet.

  SELECT ACL INTO ACL_PATH FROM DBA_NETWORK_ACLS
   WHERE HOST = '*' AND LOWER_PORT IS NULL AND UPPER_PORT IS NULL;

  IF DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CHECK_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH, 'APEX_050000',
     'connect') IS NULL THEN
      DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ADD_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH,
     'APEX_050000', TRUE, 'connect');
  END IF;

EXCEPTION
  -- When no ACL has been assigned to '*'.
  WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
  DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CREATE_ACL('power_users.xml',
    'ACL that lets power users to connect to everywhere',
    'APEX_050000', TRUE, 'connect');
  DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ASSIGN_ACL('power_users.xml','*');
END;
/
COMMIT;

DECLARE
  ACL_PATH  VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
  -- Look for the ACL currently assigned to 'localhost' and give APEX_050000
  -- the "connect" privilege if APEX_050000 does not have the privilege yet.
  SELECT ACL INTO ACL_PATH FROM DBA_NETWORK_ACLS
   WHERE HOST = 'localhost' AND LOWER_PORT IS NULL AND UPPER_PORT IS NULL;
   
  IF DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CHECK_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH, 'APEX_050000',
     'connect') IS NULL THEN
      DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ADD_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH,
     'APEX_050000', TRUE, 'connect');
  END IF;
  
EXCEPTION
  -- When no ACL has been assigned to 'localhost'.
  WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
  DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CREATE_ACL('local-access-users.xml',
    'ACL that lets users to connect to localhost',
    'APEX_050000', TRUE, 'connect');
  DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ASSIGN_ACL('local-access-users.xml','localhost');
END;
/
COMMIT;

but still #WORKSPACE_IMAGES#image.png  not read in my application , why ?

Thanks

Ahmed

Kiran Pawar

Hi Ahmed AL-Saied,

but still #WORKSPACE_IMAGES#image.png  not read in my application , why ?

• Have you Configured RESTful Services while installing Oracle APEX?

    Refer : https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E59726_01/install.50/e39144/listener.htm#HTMIG29335

• Have you configured users required for RESTful Services while installing ORDS? (This i think you have missed)

    Refer : http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37099_01/doc.20/e25066/install.htm#AELIG7217

    The Configuring Static File Support in the Application Express Installation Guide(using ORDS) says:

    The configuration of RESTful Services is required when upgrading to Oracle Application Express release 5.0 and RESTful Services were not configured in a previous release.

    Refer the following thread with same issue :

• How to configure *application and workspace* static files after upgrade from 4.2 to 5.0?
• APEX 5.0: There are issues with the configuration of the Static Files in your environment

Regards,

Kiran

Kiran Pawar

Hi Ahmed AL-Saied,

but still #WORKSPACE_IMAGES#image.png  not read in my application , why ?

• Have you Configured RESTful Services while installing Oracle APEX?

    Refer : https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E59726_01/install.50/e39144/listener.htm#HTMIG29335

• Have you configured users required for RESTful Services while installing ORDS? (This i think you have missed)

    Refer : http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37099_01/doc.20/e25066/install.htm#AELIG7217

    The Configuring Static File Support in the Application Express Installation Guide(using ORDS) says:

    The configuration of RESTful Services is required when upgrading to Oracle Application Express release 5.0 and RESTful Services were not configured in a previous release.

    Refer the following thread with same issue :

• How to configure *application and workspace* static files after upgrade from 4.2 to 5.0?
• APEX 5.0: There are issues with the configuration of the Static Files in your environment

Regards,

Kiran

Patrick Wolf-Oracle

Hi Ahmed,

the ACL scripts are not needed for static files, that's just needed if you want to communicate with other systems from within the database (for example: Mail, Web Service, ...).

In addition to Kiran's link I would suggest to go straight to Theme roller generated CSS not found by ORDS and read Vlad's reply. In particular the blog posting https://cdivilly.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/configuring-logging-in-oracle-application-express-listener-2-0-1/ on how to enable error logging in ORDS to get more information why your static file links are failing.

Regards

Patrick