Application Express

Web Application
Development
 Agenda

• What is Oracle Application Express

(formerly known as HTML DB)
• Demonstration
• Features and benefits
• Customer examples
• Conclusion
• Next steps
• Q&A
 Does Your Organization:

• Use spreadsheets as databases?

• Store mission critical data in applications
developed in a desktop database such as
Microsoft Access?
• Not have time to build all of the applications
that users are asking for?
 Drawbacks to Desktop Tools

• Fragmented
• Vulnerable
• Platform dependent
• Web unfriendly
• Costly
 Oracle Application Express
• Quick assembly of reporting and
data entry applications
• Based on existing tables and views
or data from spreadsheets
• No programming or scripting
• Instant deployment on the Web
• Use the full power of Oracle
Database 10g
Simplify Application Development
on Oracle
• PL/SQL Developers
• Non-professional developers
• Power users
• Departments
• Small enterprises
D E M O N S T R A T I O N

Rapid Application
Development
 Oracle Application Express
• Offers
The Qualities of a Personal Database
• Productivity
• Ease of Use
• Flexibility
• The Qualities of an Enterprise Database
• Security
• Integrity
• Scalability
• Availability
• Portability
• Built for the Web
Consolidation with Application
Express
Spreadsheets

Desktop Databases
Application Express

Any Browser
File Servers
 Architecture

Browser
Oracle HTTP Oracle Database
Server Application
Express
 How it Works

• Shared Workgroup Database Service

• Centrally Deployed & Managed
• Accessed anywhere via a Browser
• Declarative development style

Oracle Application Express

Logical Architecture
Finance

Applications Schema A
Applications

Human Resources

Applications Schema B
Applications

Marketing

Applications Schema C
Applications

Oracle Application Exp

 Functionality Overview

• Complete Environment
• Application Builder
• SQL Workshop
• Administration                                

  
 Application Development

• Reports
• Data entry forms
• Charts
• Security
• Navigation
• Look and feel
 Reports

• Pagination
• Column sorting
• Export to spreadsheet or XML
• Calendar and tree
• Template driven
• Drill down to other reports, charts, forms
 Data entry forms

• Many built in widgets

• Pop up calendar
• List of values
• Validations
• Lost update detection
• Tabular forms
• Master detail forms
 Charts

• Bar, Pie, Line, Dial

• SVG based
• Drill down
• Asynchronous refresh
 Security

• Built in authentication modules

• LDAP
• Single Sign-On
• Centrally defined authorization rules
• Session state protection
• Integration with database security features
• FGAC
• Transparent Data Encryption
 Navigation

• Tabs
• Lists
• Menus
• Breadcrumbs
 Look and feel

• Template driven
• Consistent throughout
application
• Customize with HTML
and CSS
 Customer Examples

• Telstra
• PGA of America
• Lansing Community College
 Telstra

• Moved massive, distributed desktop

application to web via Application Express
• Improved data integrity and security through
consolidation
“[Oracle Application Express] allowed us to
build reliable business-grade applications
very quickly. We can make changes in a
matter of days that would take weeks or even
months to implement with traditional
database programming. Oracle Application
Express dramatically increased our agility
and enabled us to react to changes in the
business sooner.”
- Victor Hughes, Team Leader, Productivity and
Logistics, Infrastructure Services, Telstra
Corporation Limited
 PGA of America

• Built financial reporting dashboard

• Built purse management application to pay
tournament winners
• Integrated with eBusiness Suite
 “Typically, application development is
completely out of the realm of what
finance departments are capable of doing.
With Oracle Application Express, we can
now build, deploy and manage our own
web applications. It's that easy!”
- Rosemarie Barr,
Director/Corporate Controller of Finance,
Professional Golfers Association of America
 Lansing Community College

• Replaced MS Access and Excel-based

applications
• Replaced Lotus Notes applications
• Consolidated and secured data in Oracle
• Able to respond to business requirements
using existing IT staff
 “Oracle Application Express has clearly
strengthened our ability to collect and present
information via robust web based applications,
with very short turnarounds and with very high
user acceptance.”

- Glenn Cerny
Chief Information Officer
Lansing Community College
 Availability
• Release 1.6
• Ships on 10gR2 Companion CD
• Release 2.0
• Standalone download from OTN
• Works & Supported in Oracle Database 10g and
Oracle Database 9iR2 (9.2.0.3+)
• Included as a component of Standard One,
Standard and Enterprise Editions
• No Additional Charge
 Conclusion
• Improve application development productivity
• Consolidate
• Increase data security
• Improve access
Q&
A
 Next Steps

• More information and downloads

• otn.oracle.com/htmldb
• Oracle Application Express 2-Day Developer
tutorial book
• otn.oracle.com/htmldb
• Download pre-built applications
• htmldb.oracle.com/studio
• Read tips and tricks
• orablogs.com/sergio