Chapter 5. Globalization

by Francis Mignault

As of its first release, APEX has supported globalized applications. Since, by definition, a web application can be accessed from anywhere, globalization is an important feature to consider. APEX and the Oracle database provide the functionality to help you build applications that can display data based on the location of the end user.

In this chapter, we will cover two major aspects of globalization: translation and localization. Translation allows you to run applications in multiple languages without having to duplicate the logic. Localization is used to format and display the content in the application based on where the end user is located. Even if your applications are internal or intranet applications ...

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