Can Apex be a "reporting tool"?

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Yes, Apex can you used for reporting. If you have large volumes of data to query and response time is important, you'll want to manually create your reports to ensure the queries are efficient. Ideally you'll install Apex in the same database, but you can install it in a separate DB and point to your 9i data source via DB links. DB links don't support some datatypes (LOBs etc) so be sure to understand what data you are going to want to query first. Using DB links can only slow your response time - but be sure to measure it before just eliminating them. I mostly use 1 Apex installation and connect to remote DB's over DB links. Apex likes to have table/view definitions locally when you're developing, so you either create locat tables and then replace with DB links once it's working - or create local views with embedded DB links. It's no majic black box - standard Oracle coding considerations apply.

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