charles wrote:
> Greetings and Salutations!
>
> I need to install APEX 3.01 for development purposes and I'm wondering
> if I need to do an Oracle 10g Database Server installation, an Oracle
> 10g Application Server installation, and then the APEX 3.01
> installation, or is there another way such as an Oracle 10g Application
> Server installation and then the APEX 3.01 installation.
>
> I'm confused and I need advice.
>
Hi Charles.

I've done a couple of APEX 3.01 installations on top of an Oracle 10gR2
standard edition (database only - installation).

First, you install Oracle HTTP Server (standalone) from the companion CD
(select "Apache Standalone 10.1.2.0.0"). This installs a separate
Oracle/Apache web server. Once you have that installed you should have
something responding at http://localhost:7777.

Next, install APEX by following the instructions in
.../apex/welcome.html (follow the documentation tab's installation
instructions). What I had to do was

* Upgrade my PL/SQL web toolkit
* Install APEX by running the "apexins" SQL script
* Copy the "images" directory to the Apache server's "images" directory
* Configure the dads.conf file.

Finally, restart the Apache server, and APEX is up and running.

If you just want to learn APEX, installing Oracle Express Edition is by
far the easiest way. Express Edition includes a fully configured APEX
ready to go (although it's a 2.-something version as far as I remember).
I haven't tried upgrading an Oracle Express Edition to APEX 3.01 yet...

Cheers
-- Jan Holst Jensen, Denmark

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