Checkboxes and values when paginating

So the basic requirement was simple: "There's this report on a page with checkboxes and these checkboxes should remain checked after pagination.". Hmmmm it's been done here, here, here and also ..... here? I think that last guy just copy pasted Martin D'Souza's blog without even a hint of crediting the original writer. Not cool dude. You could have taken the time to change the link though.

This is not the Martin you are looking for.

So, like this guy, we first used Martins method, which worked perfectly and then my colleague dropped this bomb: "Great! Now in this version of the report we also add values. Could you do the same for the text fields?". "Uuuhmmm okay, you do realize it's not that simple right?"
So long story short, with Serishma's help, I ended up modifying Joel R. Kallman's method to achieve it. I realized we could have used this method for the checkboxes too, but by then we implemented the first method on alot of pages so we didn't change it back.
I made a page on my demo app for future reference and might take the time to put all of the code on this blog.... someday. All of the code should be on the demo app.

Dead on Arrival?

♪ So no one told you life was gonna be this way. Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A. ♪

Catchy tune right? I've been wanting to start blogging again since forever and honestly, this isn't my first time, not even my second. It's actually my third time starting a blog. Let's hope it's not Dead On Arrival but really "Databases, Oracle and Application Express". I'll try to keep every post short, simple and fun.