Preface

Oracle Application Express is a hosted declarative development environment for developing and deploying database-centric web applications. Oracle Application Express turns a single Oracle database into a shared service by enabling multiple workgroups to build and access applications as if they were running in separate databases.

Oracle Application Express Administration Guide describes how to perform administration tasks for an Oracle Application Express workspace, application, or an entire development instance.

Audience

Oracle Application Express Administration Guide describes how to perform administration tasks for an Oracle Application Express workspace, application, or an entire development instance.

To use this guide, you must have a general understanding of relational database concepts and an understanding of the operating system environment under which you are running Oracle Application Express.

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