Comments on: Oracle XE, Application Express and the great divide… http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2006/07/26/oracle-xe-application-express-and-the-great-divide/ My meandering thoughts about Oracle, Application Express and life in general Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:48:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: John Scott http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2006/07/26/oracle-xe-application-express-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-41421 John Scott Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:44:02 +0000 http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2006/07/26/oracle-xe-application-express-and-the-great-divide/#comment-41421 Hi Aru, Your APEX applications runs within the same instance that APEX is installed into, however it (your application) can access data in other instances by using database links etc. Hope this helps, John. Hi Aru,

Your APEX applications runs within the same instance that APEX is installed into, however it (your application) can access data in other instances by using database links etc.

Hope this helps,

John.

]]> By: Rahul Dixit http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2006/07/26/oracle-xe-application-express-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-41392 Rahul Dixit Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:46:40 +0000 http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2006/07/26/oracle-xe-application-express-and-the-great-divide/#comment-41392 Our client wants to upgrade htmldb 2 to Apex 3. I'm an oracle dba and have never done this before. The htmldb application is on a separate server as the database(10.2.0.1) it is using. The doc's I am using assume, I think, that the database and the application are on the same server. Am I totally wrong or just havent found the right documentation ? In short, can the apex application and database be on separate servers ? Regards, Aru. Our client wants to upgrade htmldb 2 to Apex 3. I’m an oracle dba and have never done this before.
The htmldb application is on a separate server as the database(10.2.0.1) it is using. The doc’s I
am using assume, I think, that the database and the application are on the same server. Am I
totally wrong or just havent found the right documentation ?
In short, can the apex application and database be on separate servers ?

Regards,
Aru.

]]> By: Colin Sheppard http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2006/07/26/oracle-xe-application-express-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Colin Sheppard Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:05:47 +0000 http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2006/07/26/oracle-xe-application-express-and-the-great-divide/#comment-79 Nice article John! I'll direct some (MS Background) people I know who are curious about Apex to it. The assertion that "There is also a bit of a ‘myth’ that Application Express is only really useful for replacing Excel spreadsheets or Access databases." I sometimes feel that way as its often the way its prominently 'marketed' with a focus on converting existing Microsoft Users to gain marketshare. You find that is some of the early presentations, blog posts, and hot-to style tutorials. I think Oracle created that 'myth' perception unintentionally themselves. (Personally, some of my applications start with a spreadsheet to work out the basics of Database tables with.) But I feel now Apex is going into a new era, where you can favorably compare it with the likes of Ruby On Rails and other frameworks with different criteria, like performance and price as you mentioned, but also stability, security, and reliability. Nice article John! I’ll direct some (MS Background) people I know who are curious about Apex to it.

The assertion that

“There is also a bit of a ‘myth’ that Application Express is only really useful for replacing Excel spreadsheets or Access databases.”

I sometimes feel that way as its often the way its prominently ‘marketed’ with a focus on converting existing Microsoft Users to gain marketshare. You find that is some of the early presentations, blog posts, and hot-to style tutorials. I think Oracle created that ‘myth’ perception unintentionally themselves. (Personally, some of my applications start with a spreadsheet to work out the basics of Database tables with.)

But I feel now Apex is going into a new era, where you can favorably compare it with the likes of Ruby On Rails and other frameworks with different criteria, like performance and price as you mentioned, but also stability, security, and reliability.

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