Viewing Session State

The behavior of an Oracle Application Express application is usually driven by values in session state. For example, a button may display conditionally based on the value of an item session state. You can view the session state for a page by clicking Session on the Developer toolbar.

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About the Session State Page

The Session State page provides valuable information about the session in which the application is currently running. To locate a specific page, enter the page number in the page field and click Go. Table: Information Available on the Session State Page describes the various types of information available on the Session State page.

Information Available on the Session State Page

Heading	Description
Application	Identifies the application name.
Session	Summarizes session state for the current session.
User	Identifies the current user.
Workspace	Identifies the current workspace ID.
Browser Language	Identifies the current browser language.
Page Items	Identify attributes of the page item, including the application ID, page number, item name, how the item displays (for example, check box, date picker, display only, text field, hidden, popup, radio group, and so on), the item value in session state, and status. The Status column indicates the status of the session state. Available values include: I - Inserted U - Updated R - Reset See Also: "Understanding Page-Level Items"s
Application Items	Application items are items that do not reside on a page. Application items are session state variables without the associated user interface properties. See Also: "Understanding Application-Level Items" and "Understanding Substitution Strings" for information about referencing item values