Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 14-9.
Purge Click Log button
Session State
Choosing Session State from the menu in
Figure 14-5
brings you to a page that lets you
manage session state and preferences. Preferences are slightly different than session
state because they're linked to the user and not the current session. This means that
changes to a preference affect all current and future sessions for a user.
Manage Session State
You can view all the session values, clear these values, and end sessions from the vari-
ous reports available in the Manage Session State region. A session is automatically
created each time a user logs in to APEX. Because the APEX Builder is an APEX ap-
plication, sessions are created for both developers and end users.
Clearing session state or terminating a session may be useful in development to sim-
ulate different situations. If you're doing this in a production environment with live
users, you should be extremely cautious.
Manage Preferences
The Manage Preferences region contains links to view and manage user preferences.
Preferences as used to permanently store values for each user. Because they're linked
to a user, they're session independent. One of the most common uses for user preferen-
ces is to store the sort order for standard reports that APEX automatically manages.
Similar to session state, you shouldn't purge preferences in a production environ-
ment unless you're certain about what you're doing.
