Preface
Oracle APEX API Reference describes the available Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) when programming in the Oracle APEX environment. To utilize these APIs, such as APEX_JSON, when not developing with APEX, you must install APEX into the database.
Audience
Oracle APEX API Reference is intended for application developers who are building database-centric web applications using Oracle APEX. The guide describes the APIs available when programming in the APEX environment.
To use this guide, you need to have a general understanding of relational database concepts and an understanding of the operating system environment under which you are running APEX.
See Also:
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Related Documents
For more information, see these Oracle resources:
- Oracle APEX Release Notes
- Oracle APEX Installation Guide
- Oracle APEX App Builder User’s Guide
- Oracle APEX Administration Guide
- Oracle APEX SQL Workshop Guide
- Oracle APEX End User’s Guide
- Oracle Database Concepts
- Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide
- Oracle Database SQL Language Reference
- Oracle Database PL/SQL Language Reference
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Conventions
For a description of PL/SQL subprogram conventions, refer to the Oracle Database PL/SQL Language Reference. This document contains the following information:
- Specifying subprogram parameter modes
- Specifying default values for subprogram parameters
- Overloading PL/SQL subprogram Names
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