Create nested JSON Array

To query all EMPLOYEES below the main Departments , and get the result in JSON format .

Connect using SCOTT user

Following are steps:
#1 Create GET method
Type : QUERY
Pagination Size: 0


GET method

#2 Add the following code :


SELECT G.Deptno,
       G.DName,
       CURSOR ( SELECT V.Empno, 
                       V.Ename
                FROM   EMP V 
       WHERE  V.Deptno = G.Deptno )  EMPLOYEES
FROM   DEPT   G
Here's the output in PLSQL/Develoepr

Share Folders using FTP builtin windows service

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is an easy way to access files remotely in the same network or over the web too.

Windows Server 2003 has a built-in feature to enable FTP, here's how to activate FTP.

Before we start we'll need Windows Server 2003 ISO .

  1. Go to CONTROL PANEL, Add Or Remove Programs
  2. On the  left side , click: Add/Remove Windows Components
  3. Select : Application Server ,
  4. Click  Details
  5. Select Internet Information Services (IIS)
  6. Click Details
  7. Select File Transfer Protocol(FTP) Service
  8. OK
  9. Click Next
After  previous steps are done, complete as followd:
  1. Go to CONTROL PANEL, Administrative Tools
  2. Click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
  3. On the left tree side, expand FTP Sites  node
  4. Right Click  Default FTP Site,  Choose New , FTP Site...
  5. Choose IP Address : 192.168.1.92
  6. In The  Path page, Click Browse to choose desired Folder you want to share it (Say it's srvr_dsk)
  7. Open Browser go to : FTP://192.168.1.92/
  8. You're done !

Share folders using Apache Tomcat

When it comes to accessing images, files and other media through internet, There are many solutions especially when using ORACLE  APEX.

But when using Oracle 10g it's bit hard, so I used  Apache Tomcat.

Steps to share folder and access it using http:// :

  1. Downlaod and install Java6 Update 20 from here: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase6-419409.html
  2. Download and install Apache Tomact from here: http://tomcat.apache.org/
    1. Remember well the PORT : 8080  or any other one
    2. Remember well the user: ADMIN
    3. Remember well the user Password: ******
  3. Suppose you have installed Apache Tomcat in the following path: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\ :
    1. Go to : C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\conf\
    2. Edit web.xml   <param-name>listings</param-name> <param-value>false</param-value>
    3. Change false to true :
      <param-name>listings</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value>
  4. Go to : C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\webapps\ROOT
    1. Remove all contents
    2. Place here all your folders, files to make it shareable
  5. Restart Apache Tomcat
  6. Open Browser and Go to  : http://127.0.0.1:8080/
  7. you're done
UPDATE : To share any folder without copying it to ROOT folder :
  1. Go to C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\conf
  2. Edit server.xml
  3. Add the following line :

<Context docBase="c:\insight_dsk" path="/images" reloadable="true" source="c:\insight_dsk"/> 
c:\insight_dsk : Folder you want to share it
images     : Alias appears on the web page

4. Restart Apache Tomcat

To Display folder files goto:   http://127.0.0.1:8080/images

#9 REST Standalone batch

To Run  ORDS ,REST services must be up all time.
This can be achieved by running ORDS in standalone, deploying on Weblogic, using Apache tomcat...etc

To run ORDS in standalone mode go to this previous post 
  Here's tiny batch file to manually starting ORDS service :

  1. Suppose you have installed  JDK in the path : c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_152\bin>java
  2. And you downloaded ORDS, and extracted to : d:\Oracle\ords\ords.war
  3. Open Notepad and add the following code :

@echo off

CD c:\Program Files\
CD Java\jdk1.8.0_152\bin\
CALL java -jar D:\Oracle\ords\ords.war
pause


4. Save file as : Start_ORDS.bat
you are done, To run ORDS anytime you just double click this Start_ORDS.bat file

That's all it.

Generate JSON from SQL and PLSQL

There are many ways to generate JSON  files from  Oracle Database (11g, 12c, ...), but when it comes to Oracle DataBase 10g it's a bit of difficult.

PLSQL-utils is a method can convert SQL and REF_CURSOR to JSON.
You can download it from here: https://code.google.com/archive/p/plsql-utils/downloads

To install only  the required Package:
create or replace type t_str_array as table of varchar2(4000);
/
create or replace package json_util_pkg
as

  /*

  Purpose:    JSON utilities for PL/SQL

  Remarks:

  Who     Date        Description
  ------  ----------  -------------------------------------
  MBR     30.01.2010  Created

  */

  -- generate JSON from REF Cursor
  function ref_cursor_to_json (p_ref_cursor in sys_refcursor,
                               p_max_rows in number := null,
                               p_skip_rows in number := null) return clob;

  -- generate JSON from SQL statement
  function sql_to_json (p_sql in varchar2,
                        p_param_names in t_str_array := null,
                        p_param_values in t_str_array := null,
                        p_max_rows in number := null,
                        p_skip_rows in number := null) return clob;


end json_util_pkg;
/

create or replace package body json_util_pkg
as

  /*

  Purpose:    JSON utilities for PL/SQL

  Remarks:

  Who     Date        Description
  ------  ----------  -------------------------------------
  MBR     30.01.2010  Created

  */


  g_json_null_object             constant varchar2(20) := '{ }';


function get_xml_to_json_stylesheet return varchar2
as
begin

  /*

  Purpose:    return XSLT stylesheet for XML to JSON transformation

  Remarks:    see http://code.google.com/p/xml2json-xslt/

  Who     Date        Description
  ------  ----------  -------------------------------------
  MBR     30.01.2010  Created
  MBR     30.01.2010  Added fix for nulls

  */


  return '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<!--
  Copyright (c) 2006, Doeke Zanstra
  All rights reserved.

  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
  are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

  Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
  list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary
  form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the
  following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with
  the distribution.

  Neither the name of the dzLib nor the names of its contributors may be used to
  endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior
  written permission.

  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
  ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
  WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
  INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
  DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
  THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-->

  <xsl:output indent="no" omit-xml-declaration="yes" method="text" encoding="UTF-8" media-type="text/x-json"/>
  <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
  <!--contant-->
  <xsl:variable name="d">0123456789</xsl:variable>

  <!-- ignore document text -->
  <xsl:template match="text()[preceding-sibling::node() or following-sibling::node()]"/>

  <!-- string -->
  <xsl:template match="text()">
    <xsl:call-template name="escape-string">
      <xsl:with-param name="s" select="."/>
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- Main template for escaping strings; used by above template and for object-properties
       Responsibilities: placed quotes around string, and chain up to next filter, escape-bs-string -->
  <xsl:template name="escape-string">
    <xsl:param name="s"/>
    <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
    <xsl:call-template name="escape-bs-string">
      <xsl:with-param name="s" select="$s"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- Escape the backslash (\) before everything else. -->
  <xsl:template name="escape-bs-string">
    <xsl:param name="s"/>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="contains($s,''\'')">
        <xsl:call-template name="escape-quot-string">
          <xsl:with-param name="s" select="concat(substring-before($s,''\''),''\\'')"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
        <xsl:call-template name="escape-bs-string">
          <xsl:with-param name="s" select="substring-after($s,''\'')"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:call-template name="escape-quot-string">
          <xsl:with-param name="s" select="$s"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- Escape the double quote ("). -->
  <xsl:template name="escape-quot-string">
    <xsl:param name="s"/>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="contains($s,''&quot;'')">
        <xsl:call-template name="encode-string">
          <xsl:with-param name="s" select="concat(substring-before($s,''&quot;''),''\&quot;'')"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
        <xsl:call-template name="escape-quot-string">
          <xsl:with-param name="s" select="substring-after($s,''&quot;'')"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:call-template name="encode-string">
          <xsl:with-param name="s" select="$s"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- Replace tab, line feed and/or carriage return by its matching escape code. Can''t escape backslash
       or double quote here, because they don''t replace characters (&#x0; becomes \t), but they prefix
       characters (\ becomes \\). Besides, backslash should be seperate anyway, because it should be
       processed first. This function can''t do that. -->
  <xsl:template name="encode-string">
    <xsl:param name="s"/>
    <xsl:choose>
      <!-- tab -->
      <xsl:when test="contains($s,''&#x9;'')">
        <xsl:call-template name="encode-string">
          <xsl:with-param name="s" select="concat(substring-before($s,''&#x9;''),''\t'',substring-after($s,''&#x9;''))"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:when>
      <!-- line feed -->
      <xsl:when test="contains($s,''&#xA;'')">
        <xsl:call-template name="encode-string">
          <xsl:with-param name="s" select="concat(substring-before($s,''&#xA;''),''\n'',substring-after($s,''&#xA;''))"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:when>
      <!-- carriage return -->
      <xsl:when test="contains($s,''&#xD;'')">
        <xsl:call-template name="encode-string">
          <xsl:with-param name="s" select="concat(substring-before($s,''&#xD;''),''\r'',substring-after($s,''&#xD;''))"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select="$s"/></xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- number (no support for javascript mantise) -->
  <xsl:template match="text()[not(string(number())=''NaN'')]">
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- boolean, case-insensitive -->
  <xsl:template match="text()[translate(.,''TRUE'',''true'')=''true'']">true</xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="text()[translate(.,''FALSE'',''false'')=''false'']">false</xsl:template>

  <!-- item:null -->
  <xsl:template match="*[count(child::node())=0]">
    <xsl:call-template name="escape-string">
      <xsl:with-param name="s" select="local-name()"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:text>:null</xsl:text>
    <xsl:if test="following-sibling::*">,</xsl:if>
    <xsl:if test="not(following-sibling::*)">}</xsl:if> <!-- MBR 30.01.2010: added this line as it appeared to be missing from stylesheet -->
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- object -->
  <xsl:template match="*" name="base">
    <xsl:if test="not(preceding-sibling::*)">{</xsl:if>
    <xsl:call-template name="escape-string">
      <xsl:with-param name="s" select="name()"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:text>:</xsl:text>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="child::node()"/>
    <xsl:if test="following-sibling::*">,</xsl:if>
    <xsl:if test="not(following-sibling::*)">}</xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- array -->
  <xsl:template match="*[count(../*[name(../*)=name(.)])=count(../*) and count(../*)&gt;1]">
    <xsl:if test="not(preceding-sibling::*)">[</xsl:if>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="not(child::node())">
        <xsl:text>null</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="child::node()"/>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
    <xsl:if test="following-sibling::*">,</xsl:if>
    <xsl:if test="not(following-sibling::*)">]</xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- convert root element to an anonymous container -->
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>';

end get_xml_to_json_stylesheet;


function ref_cursor_to_json (p_ref_cursor in sys_refcursor,
                             p_max_rows in number := null,
                             p_skip_rows in number := null) return clob
as
  l_ctx         dbms_xmlgen.ctxhandle;
  l_num_rows    pls_integer;
  l_xml         xmltype;
  l_json        xmltype;
  l_returnvalue clob;
begin


  /*

  Purpose:    generate JSON from REF Cursor

  Remarks:

  Who     Date        Description
  ------  ----------  -------------------------------------
  MBR     30.01.2010  Created

  */

  l_ctx := dbms_xmlgen.newcontext (p_ref_cursor);

  dbms_xmlgen.setnullhandling (l_ctx, dbms_xmlgen.empty_tag);

  -- for pagination

  if p_max_rows is not null then
    dbms_xmlgen.setmaxrows (l_ctx, p_max_rows);
  end if;

  if p_skip_rows is not null then
    dbms_xmlgen.setskiprows (l_ctx, p_skip_rows);
  end if;

  -- get the XML content
  l_xml := dbms_xmlgen.getxmltype (l_ctx, dbms_xmlgen.none);

  l_num_rows := dbms_xmlgen.getnumrowsprocessed (l_ctx);

  dbms_xmlgen.closecontext (l_ctx);

  close p_ref_cursor;

  if l_num_rows > 0 then
    -- perform the XSL transformation
    l_json := l_xml.transform (xmltype(get_xml_to_json_stylesheet));
    l_returnvalue := l_json.getclobval();
  else
    l_returnvalue := g_json_null_object;
  end if;

  l_returnvalue := dbms_xmlgen.convert (l_returnvalue, dbms_xmlgen.entity_decode);

  return l_returnvalue;

end ref_cursor_to_json;


function sql_to_json (p_sql in varchar2,
                      p_param_names in t_str_array := null,
                      p_param_values in t_str_array := null,
                      p_max_rows in number := null,
                      p_skip_rows in number := null) return clob
as
  l_ctx         dbms_xmlgen.ctxhandle;
  l_num_rows    pls_integer;
  l_xml         xmltype;
  l_json        xmltype;
  l_returnvalue clob;
begin

  /*

  Purpose:    generate JSON from SQL statement

  Remarks:

  Who     Date        Description
  ------  ----------  -------------------------------------
  MBR     30.01.2010  Created
  MBR     28.07.2010  Handle null value in bind variable value (issue and solution reported by Matt Nolan)

  */


  l_ctx := dbms_xmlgen.newcontext (p_sql);

  dbms_xmlgen.setnullhandling (l_ctx, dbms_xmlgen.empty_tag);

  -- bind variables, if any
  if p_param_names is not null then

    for i in 1..p_param_names.count loop
      dbms_xmlgen.setbindvalue (l_ctx, p_param_names(i), nvl(p_param_values(i), ''));
    end loop;

  end if;

  -- for pagination

  if p_max_rows is not null then
    dbms_xmlgen.setmaxrows (l_ctx, p_max_rows);
  end if;

  if p_skip_rows is not null then
    dbms_xmlgen.setskiprows (l_ctx, p_skip_rows);
  end if;

  -- get the XML content
  l_xml := dbms_xmlgen.getxmltype (l_ctx, dbms_xmlgen.none);

  l_num_rows := dbms_xmlgen.getnumrowsprocessed (l_ctx);

  dbms_xmlgen.closecontext (l_ctx);

  -- perform the XSL transformation
  if l_num_rows > 0 then
    l_json := l_xml.transform (xmltype(get_xml_to_json_stylesheet));
    l_returnvalue := l_json.getclobval();
    l_returnvalue := dbms_xmlgen.convert (l_returnvalue, dbms_xmlgen.entity_decode);
  else
    l_returnvalue := g_json_null_object;
  end if;

  return l_returnvalue;

end sql_to_json;


end json_util_pkg;
/


PLSQ Gateway an alternative to REST services

Oracle PLSQL Gateway is the best method to use web services in old versions of Oracle Databases (10g).

I found that using oracle PLSQL Gateway , builtin feature is very useful in my case .

PLSQL Gateway depends on DAD (DataBase Access Descriptor), In the following steps we'll configure PLSQL Gateway.

* Run the following commands under  SYS privilege, All are CASE sensitive.
  1. Create  DAD :

BEGIN
  DBMS_EPG.create_dad (
                         DAD_NAME => 'sit_dad',
                         PATH     => '/sit_dad/*');
END;
/

2. Associate DAD with User who privileges must be used with DAD:



BEGIN
  DBMS_EPG.set_dad_attribute (
    dad_name   => 'sit_dad',
    attr_name  => 'database-username',
    attr_value => 'SCOTT'); -- Is the target USER
END;
/


3.Setting GATEWAY PORT:

1.First Check if port is set before:


SELECT DBMS_XDB.gethttpport FROM dual;
2. If not exists then, set it :


EXEC DBMS_XDB.sethttpport(8080);

4. To gain Anonymous Access:


EXEC DBMS_EPG.SET_DAD_ATTRIBUTE('sit_dad', 'database-username', 'ANONYMOUS');
ALTER USER ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT UNLOCK ;
then  , Recreate DAD  Again   STEP  #1

5.  Grant execute on DBMS_EPG:


GRANT EXECUTE ON DBMS_EPG TO SCOTT;


* Run the following commands  using SCOTT user:


EXEC DBMS_EPG.AUTHORIZE_DAD('sit_dad');
Here's an example For Get Data:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE TEST(P_Id IN NUMBER) IS 
CURSOR GET_Dept_EMPS IS
  SELECT Empno, Ename, Job, Sal,Deptno
  FROM   EMP
  WHERE  DeptNo = P_Id;
BEGIN
  --------------
  FOR  i IN GET_Dept_EMPS LOOP
       HTP.P('Emp: '||i.Empno||', Name: '||i.Ename||' Job: '||i.Job||', Sal: '||i.Sal||', Dept: '||i.Deptno);
  END LOOP;
  --------------  
END;  


To call it:

POST (Insert Data) Example  :

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE ADD_DEPT( P_Depto   IN  NUMBER,
                                      P_DName   IN  VARCHAR,
                                      P_Loc     IN  VARCHAR) IS
BEGIN
  --------------------------
  INSERT INTO DEPT ( DeptNo  , DName   , Loc)
          VALUES  (  P_Depto , P_DName , P_Loc);
  COMMIT;
  --------------------------
  HTP.PRINT('Done, data Inserted');
  --------------------------
  EXCEPTION
    WHEN OTHERS THEN
      HTP.PRINT('ERROR: '||SQLERRM );
END ADD_DEPT;

To call it:
http://localhost:8080/sit_dad/ADD_DEPT?P_Depto=11&P_DName=ITDEV&P_Loc=CAIRO

Update :
Arabic is readable inside Android Studio, but when it comes to Flutter , you must change NLS Language attribute :

BEGIN
  DBMS_EPG.set_dad_attribute (
    dad_name   => 'sit_dad',
    attr_name  => 'nls-language',
    attr_value => 'American_America.UTF8');
END;
/

Remove unused Layouts in Oracle Apex

 Tables used : APEX_XXXXXXX.WWV_FLOW_REPORT_LAYOUTS APEX_XXXXXXX.WWV_FLOW_SHARED_QUERIES use the following query to delete unused Layouts. ...