Oracle Application APEX admin user password reset by script

Introduction: If you dont know the password for admin user of Oracle Application APEX, and if version of APEX is 3 or higer then the password of admin can be reset by a script. CookBook: There is script in the directory of apex softwae and the script name is apxchpwd.sql, this can be run with sys user on sqlplus and it will ask the new password for admin, just type the new password and use it.

Oracle Application APEX admin user

Introduction:
How to create a second amdin user for Oracle Application APEX.

CookBook:

1- unlock the account FLOWS_030000 and login with FLOWS_030000 to Database where APEX was installed.

2- run the following procedure

begin
wwv_flow_api.set_security_group_id(p_security_group_id=>10);
wwv_flow_fnd_user_api.create_fnd_user(
p_user_name => 'admin2',
p_email_address => 'admin2@test.com',
p_web_password => 'admin2') ;
end;
/

3- test the new admin account from the url

http:/appserver.test.com:7778/pls/apex/apex_admin

it will ask the new admin username and password, in our case the username is "admin2" and password is "admin2", once logged in, the APEX will ask to change the old password.

4- in case you dont know the password for FLOWS_030000, you can change the password and once run the procedure in point 2, the FLOWS_030000 should be locked.

To find the sid and serial# of a Concurrent Request in Oracle Financials R 11i and R12

Objective: Some times we need to kill a hang concurrent request, and to kill it, we need to find the sid and serial# of that concurrent request. Cookbook: Following SQL query can be run with APPS user on APPS Database , it will need to provide the concurrent request id, and then it will give the sid and serial# of that concurrent requests, more information can also be obtained from v$session and v$sqlarea views. Following is the SQL query ---------- SELECT ses.sid, ses.serial# FROM v$session ses, v$process pro WHERE ses.paddr = pro.addr AND pro.spid IN (SELECT oracle_process_id FROM fnd_concurrent_requests WHERE request_id = &request_id); ---------