Can apex work without the oracle applications server? How?

My question is just what the title says.
Can apex work without the Oracle applications server?
I've heard it needs a web server to work but not necessarly the oracle applications server.
Is it true?
With ONLY apache installed can apex work on top of it?
Thanks
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Edited by: Igor Carrasco on May 29, 2009 2:59 PM
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Hello,
Take a look at the Installation Guide which covers all the different options you have (as there are a few variations) -
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14373_01/install.32/e13366/toc.htm
but yes, in short you can have a configuration where there is no external webserver which uses the embedded PL/SQL gateway.
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