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Include url / hyperlink in Textarea Default (static) value

Jim DicksonAug 13 2023 — edited Aug 13 2023

I am newish to Apex and know very little about HTML

The Page Item below (P2_CSV) is Type= Textarea and has Default of Type = Static with value as shown

I want the URL following the - - symbol (comment) to appear as url / hyperlink i.e. blue, clickable

e.g. https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/account-reconcile-cloud/suarc/admin_trans_match_defining_match_process_subset_rules_100x2cd36b50.html

Ideally it should not line wrap, and would open a separate tab.

The Region = Load Tx Data has attribute Settings → Output As = HTML

I have tried in a 2nd Region with Settings → Output As = Text (escape special characters)

I have tried various </a href incarnations (copied from asktom)

Suspect not relevant but I have tried Session State Data Type = CLOB / Varchar2

This seems simple - appreciate my ignorance is the problem, but not sure why so hard to find the answer.

Any help appreciated.

NB The text below is allowed to be editted by end-user. Can probably use different Page Item Type to achieve same thing - I just stumbled upon Textarea. Similarly Region settings - pretty much stumbed upon and used whatever worked. Happy to change.

Please be explicit in any answers/advice - assume I know nothing :)

versions = Apex 23.x on Autonomous 19c

This post has been answered by Jim Dickson on Mar 31 2025
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