I have a APEX 3.2 application which I have imported into APEX 5. It imported OK and hopefully I followed the instructions correctly and would therefore assume I have, to a point, a APEX 5 application. I wanted to keep this import application as a base application so the first thing I tried was to make a new copy which I knew would be needed as the 3.2 version used APEXLIB. When I tried to copy the application I get the above error message which looking at WWV_FLOW_ACTIVITY_LOG1$ table I can see the SQLERRM_COMPONENT_TYPE is APEX_APPLICATION_PAGE_PROCESS and the SQLERRM_COMPONENT_NAME is 'copy application'.
Just in case I removed all references to APEXLIB and the modified 3.2 code runs OK but I still can not make a copy of it getting the same error.
I can see a trace file, which was created around the same time, and of which the following are some of the lines
*** MODULE NAME:(APEX_050000/APEX:APP 4000:1500) 2015-09-02 10:07:09.327
*** ACTION NAME:(Processes - point: BEFORE_BOX_BO) 2015-09-02 10:07:09.327
--------Dumping Sorted Master Trigger List --------
Trigger Owner : APEX_050000
Trigger Name : WWV_FLOW_PREFERENCES_T1
but I do not know if they are related.
For information, I did initially look at converting this application to APEX 4.2 a few months ago. I could copy the application OK but we decided to stop going any further as APEX 5 was released and on reading various blogs and articles, the general census was that it was best to try and go from 3.2 to 5 as there were changes that would be need in going from 4 to 5. As the application did copy I therefore believe something in APEX 5 is stopping me from doing it .
I am now at a bit lost as to where I can go next to investigate the issue further. Is there further logging I can check or turn on? Are there some limitations like the length of component names in APEX 5 which were not there for Apex 3 or 4?
A bit more background. I did not create the application originally but took on the maintenance and support of it. It is not the main part of my work and therefore my knowledge is limited. I have never created an application from scratch apart from the ones in the training material. I do try to keep up to date with whats new in APEX 5 but as you will appreciate there as been quite a lot written in the last few months.
If anyone knows what the issue could be or could point me in the direction of where I can find more information I would appreciate the help.