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The Interactive Grid (IG) in Oracle APEX provides a feature to select rows when edit mode is enabled. However, it comes with challenges such as: Retrieving all selected records Maintaining selected records between pagination pages Preselecting spe...

Feb 14, 2025 · 2 min read · petarsimic.hashnode.dev  
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[Joe Kerr](https://hashnode.com/@jkerr)

[Mar 26, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/oracle-apex-working-with-row-selection-in-interactive-grid/67af40c30552adb9e39f742d/comment/67e462afd8ffb48087ee11aa)

Thanks, this is very helpful. Is there a way to select which column value is returned, or is it always the primary key?