#7 and #9 - Move column_id filtering to the config.json file.

README.md

@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ Example:
 ...
 ```
 
+## Filter Examples
+The following is a list of filters that you can either at to a `filters` option or a `filterGroup`. _Note: the filters are already escaped for JSON use. If testing in a regexp tester ensure to unescape._
+
+Filter  | Description
+------------- | -------------
+`^(.(?!page_id$))*_id$` | Exclude all id columns except for `page_id`
+`.+\\..+_updated_.*` | All columns that contain the name `_updated_`
+`.+\\.(items|buttons|display_sequence)` | Exclude all columns with ..
+`apex_application_templates.reference_count` |
+
+
+
 # Known Issues
 
 ## ORA-00600 Error

config/config_sample.json

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     },
     "prod" : "giffy/giffy@prod.oraopensource.com:11522/xe"
   },
+  "filters" : ["^(.(?!page_id$))*_id$"],
   "filterGroups" : {
     "updateInfo" : [".+\\..+_updated_.*"]
   }

source/apex-diff.sql

@@ -105,11 +105,6 @@ order by %ORDER_BY%) "%APEX_VIEW_NAME%"';
     -- Columns
     and atc.table_name = upper(ad.apex_view_name)
     and atc.owner = apex_application.g_flow_schema_owner
-    -- Remove ID columns as it won't help when comparing apps from different workspaces
-    and (1=2
-      or atc.column_name in ('PAGE_ID') -- safe list
-      or not regexp_like(atc.column_name, '(_id)$','i')
-      )
     and atc.column_name not in (
       'WORKSPACE',
       'WORKSPACE_DISPLAY_NAME',