15.1 GET_APPLICATION Function

This function exports the given application. Optionally, split the application definition into multiple files. The optional p_with_% parameters can be used to include additional information in the export.

Syntax

function get_application (
     p_application_id          in number,
     p_split                   in boolean  default false,
     p_with_date               in boolean  default false,
     p_with_ir_public_reports  in boolean  default false,
     p_with_ir_private_reports in boolean  default false,
     p_with_ir_notifications   in boolean  default false,
     p_with_translations       in boolean  default false,
     p_with_pkg_app_mapping    in boolean  default false,
     p_with_original_ids       in boolean  default false,
     p_with_no_subscriptions   in boolean  default false,
     p_with_comments           in boolean  default false,
     p_with_supporting_objects in varchar2 default null,
     p_with_acl_assignments    in boolean  default false)
     return wwv_flow_t_export_files;

Parameters

Table 15-1 GET_APPLICATION Function Parameters

Parameters	Description
`p_application_id`	The application id.
`p_split`	If `true`, split the definition into discrete elements that can be stored in separate files. If false, the result is a single file.
`p_with_date`	If `true`, include export date and time in the result.
`p_with_public_reports`	If `true`, include public reports that a user saved.
`p_with_private_reports`	If `true`, include private reports that a user saved.
`p_with_notifications`	If `true`, include report notifications.
`p_with_translations`	If `true`, include application translation mappings and all text from the translation repository.
`p_with_pkg_app_mapping`	If `true`, export installed packaged applications with references to the packaged application definition. If `false`, export them as normal applications.
`p_with_original_ids`	If `true`, export with the IDs as they were when the application was imported.
`p_with_no_subscriptions`	If `true`, components contain subscription references.
`p_with_comments`	If `true`, include developer comments.
`p_with_supporting_objects`	If `'Y'`, export supporting objects. If `'I'`,automatically install on import. If `'N'`, do not export supporting objects. If `null`, the application's include in export deployment value is used.
`p_with_acl_assignments`	If `true`, export ACL user role assignments.

RETURNS

A table of apex_t_export_file. Unless the caller passes p_split=>true to the function, the result will be a single file.

Example

This sqlplus code fragment spools the definition of application 100 into file f100.sql.

variable name varchar2(255)
variable contents clob
declare
   l_files apex_t_export_files;
begin
   l_files := apex_export.get_application(p_application_id => 100);
   :name := l_files(1).name;
   :contents := l_files(1).contents;
end;
/
set feed off echo off head off flush off termout off trimspool on
set long 100000000 longchunksize 32767
col name new_val name
select :name name from sys.dual;
spool &name.
print contents
spool off

Parent topic: APEX_EXPORT