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Feature Request FR-4736
Product Area Application Builder
Status CLOSED

1 Voters

application export data in a defined order

glufke Public · Nov 25 2025

Idea Summary
Exporting Apex application in a specific defined order

Use Case
I want to use a tool like WinMerge to compare the differences of an Apex export files of different instances. It is very easy to create regex filters to ignore the different ID of the items. But currently, the files are created with no order, so many chunks of the code are identical, but in a different position of the file.

Example: See that the whole “create_page_plugin” call is identical, but that chunk of code is in a different position in the file, thus making impossible to see the diffs. 

Preferred Solution (Optional)
Would it be possible to export the code in the exact same order? 
Example: By the ORDER (SEQ), NAME and then ID.
This way, it would be possible to compare the code between instances and catching exactly what was being changed.

Thank you for your time checking on this!

We reviewed this idea carefully, and while it was interesting, we concluded that due to all the internal implications we need to take into account, it is not feasible in APEX.

Comments

Comments

  • jayson hanes Admin OP 8 days ago

    In a future release of APEX we will have APEXlang available - this new domain specific language will be deterministic, terse and human readable - all while being editable and more easily source controlled and diff'd.

    https://APEX.oracle.com/sod