Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Entering meaningful page-lock comments is important because a history of page locks is maintained. If you use a
case-management tool, it's smart to reference the case number that you're working on when locking a page.
If another developer views a locked page, they see a notification message and that the lock icon is locked,
signaling that the page can't be modified. Figure
13-2
shows an example of a locked page. The page-lock comment is
displayed above the Page Render region.
Figure 13-2.
Locked page
Unlocking a Page
Only APEX administrators, workspace administrators, and the developer who locked a page can unlock it. If you're the
developer who locked a page, the following process demonstrates how to unlock it:
1.
Go to the locked page (page 2 from the previous example), and click the
Lock
icon in the
upper-right corner.
2.
You see a report of page locks with a filter for your current page. Select the check box for
the current page, and then click the
Unlock Checked
button.
3.
You're brought back to the Page Locks report page. You should see a confirmation message
that the page was unlocked.
Administering Page Locks
Developers may want to see all the pages that are locked, or they may want to lock/unlock multiple pages at the same
time. APEX provides tools to handle multiple page-lock requests. To view the Page Locks report, go to Utilities
➤
Cross
Page Utilities
➤
Page Locks, as shown in Figure
13-3
.
