This tutorial is a supplment to the install video linked to below. It takes you through the process of installing and verifying APEX version 3.2 installed to an Oracle XE database on a Windows XP Professional computer.

High Level Steps

1. Ensure you are logged into Windows XP with Administrator rights
2. Create home directory for APEX and extract software to that directory (0:50)
3. Using SQLPLUS, install the APEX software against the XE database you already installed (2:31)

@apexins SYSAUX SYSAUX TEMP /i/

4. Change the APEX ADMIN account password (4:35)

@apxchpwd

5. Run the image loader script (5:25)

@apxldimg.sql C:\temp

6. Verify the install was applied properly. (6:36)

The times in parenthesis are the approximate start times for that step in the video.

Note: The password being used is “Consult1ng” (without the quotes)

Notes and Resources

The APEX software can be downloaded from this location: APEX Download

The compressed file is universal, and can be used against any supported Oracle database product that is version 9 or newer.

The APEX homepage also contains links to documentation and samples you can use. Some of these will be the subject of future tutorial articles and videos.

APEX Downloads - All OS’s

Oracle XE download artice

Oracle XE Install Tutorial

Details

In the video we touch on the arguments for the APEX install command. We installed a full developers enviornment. You can also install APEX in a run time mode. The primary differance is that in run time mode, the users cannot edit the applications, only run them.

The developer mode install command is:  @apexins

The run time mode install command is: @apxrtins

The arguments you provide are formally:

<install command> <tablespace_apex> <tablespace_files> <tablespace_temp> <images dir>

What this distills down to is you must provide the name of the tablespace that is to be used for the APEX system, the files system, and the temp space, as well as a directory for the SQL images. The ones listed in the video (SYSAUX SYSAUX TEMP /i/) are the reccomended ones by Oracle for a clean install. If you are upgrading, or had different tablespaces, you would substitiute those in where needed.

The full explanation of them is also in the formal documentation.

The APEX login screen does differ a little bit from the base one we saw in the Oracle XE tutorial. With the release of APEX 3, you now must supply a workspace name at login. In this tutorial, we used the SYSTEM workspace to login to, as it is the default space for the SYSTEM user.

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