Several Questions about upgrading APEX

Hello,
I a several questions about upgrading APEX.
I want to upgrade my APEX 2.0 to 2.2 and hopefully in a few month to 3.0.
Is there a How To about upgrading APEX?
What would happen to my applications?
Would there be any problems about the applications when the APEX version is upgraded to another version?
Thank you,
Tim

Tim,
Yes there is (detailed) upgrade documentation provided with the upgrade itself, which you should definitely look through. The 2.2 and 2.2.1 releases are currently available here -
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/index.html
You applications will be 'upgraded' as part of the upgrade process (i.e. they will continue to work with the new software once the upgrade is complete).

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    * Why does everyone make 'svn co' in their PKGBUILDs and not 'svn export'? I don't think that users will commit their changes under anonymous account anyway... (that will be 98% impossible)
    Uh?
    $ svn -h co
    checkout (co): Check out a working copy from a repository.
    PS : have a look at /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-svn.proto from abs package for a prototype of a svn pkgbuild.
    Last edited by shining (2008-08-17 09:08:05)

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