Solution (not question :-) ): Apex Installation Script

Question

i´ve asked so may question here, and got (most of the time) fast and helpfull answers, so that´s the time to do something for the community:-)
i´ve written an installation script for Apex 3.1 / 3.1.1. It has two Parts. First Part ist the main script to install all the necassary scripts (and there are a lot). The second one (installcheck_apex.sql) is a PL/SQL Block that checks all requirements and shows the output, you should consider/change. And the script can change all parameters/ports/accounts ...
But it is very long (320 Lines of Code) If somebody needs it, i post it also
Remarks are in German\English
All comments are welcome :-)
Kind regards
Marco Patzwahl
MuniQSoft GmbH
REM ##################################################
REM Oracle APEX Beispiele von Marco Patzwahl
REM MuniQSoft GmbH 2007/2008 Automatische Installation von Apex 3.1.1
REM Automatic Installation of all necessary Apex Scripts
REM Version 2.1 22.07.2008
REM ##################################################
@ECHO OFF
REM ##################################################
SET APEX_PATH=D:\apex_3.1.1
SET SERVER_NAME=127.0.0.1
SET ORACLE_SID=o10g
SET ORACLE_CONNECT=%SERVER_NAME%:1521/%ORACLE_SID%
SET ORACLE_SYS_PWD=sys
SET ORACLE_CTXSYS_PWD=sys
SET FLOWS_USER=FLOWS_030100
REM IF HTTP_PORT<>0 the PL/SQL HTTP Gateway is installed !!!!!
SET HTTP_PORT=8080
SET ADMIN_PWD=ADMIN
REM Mögliche Spracheinstellungen/Possible Langues: de, es, fr,it,ja,ko,pt-br,zh-cn,zh-tw
SET APEX_LANGUAGE=de
SET NLS_LANG=GERMAN_GERMANY.AL32UTF8
SET APEX_RUNTIME_ONLY_INSTALL=TRUE
REM ##################################################
IF NOT exist %apex_path%\apex goto dir_problem
cd %APEX_PATH%\apex
dir
echo "Starte Installationsskript ..... / Starting script"
REM Prüfung der Installationsvoraussetzungen / Check Prerequisites (Possible Parameters: 'CHECK','INSTALL:<pwd>:<port>:<flows_user>','DROP','RECOMPILE')
REM This Option drops the APEX User with all Apex Applications !!!!!
REM sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @%apex_path%\installcheck_apex.sql DROP
REM Installationsvoraussetzungen prüfen / Check requirements
sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @%apex_path%\installcheck_apex.sql CHECK
REM Oracle DataMining installieren / Install Oracle Datamining (if you like):
REM sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @?\dm\admin\dminst.sql SYSAUX TEMP;
REM Oracle Text installieren / Install Oracle Text (if you like):
REM sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @?\ctx\admin\catctx %ORACLE_CTXSYS_PWD% SYSAUX TEMP NOLOCK;
REM sqlplus "ctxsys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @?\ctx\admin\defaults\dr0defin.sql "GERMAN";
REM Oracle Lock Views installieren / Install Oracle Lock Views (if you like):
REM sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @?\RDBMS\ADMIN\catblock.sql
REM Hauptskript für die Installation / Basic Skript for Install (3.1 and 3.1.1)
sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @%apex_path%\apex\apexins SYSAUX SYSAUX TEMP /i/
REM Zusaetzliche Schritte nach einer Installation / Misc Additional Steps
sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @%apex_path%\installcheck_apex.sql INSTALL:%ADMIN_PWD%:%HTTP_PORT%:%FLOWS_USER%
REM Installation des WEB-Gateway ( Bei Frage nach dem Wert für imgupg / If asked for value of imgupg =>Return )
REM Das Skript muss mit EXIT beendet werden => grmpf / Script needs a exit command at the end =>%?!$§/&%$§"
IF "%HTTP_PORT%"=="0" GOTO no_epg
sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @%apex_path%\apex\apex_epg_config %apex_path%
:no_epg
REM Wird nur eine Runtime Installation gewünscht? / Only Runtime Installtion of APEX
IF "%APEX_RUNTIME_ONLY_INSTALL%" == "FALSE" GOTO firefox
sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @%apex_path%\apex\apxdevrm
:firefox
"C:\Programme\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" 127.0.0.1:8080/apex
REM "C:\Programm Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" 127.0.0.1:8080/apex
REM Änderungen der Menue-Sprache von APEX / Language File
IF "%APEX_LANGUAGE%" == "us" GOTO end_of_apex
sqlplus "sys/%ORACLE_SYS_PWD%@%ORACLE_CONNECT% as sysdba" @%apex_path%\apex\builder\%APEX_LANGUAGE%\load_%APEX_LANGUAGE%.sql
:dir_problem
echo "## Fehler: Verzeichnis APEX existiert nicht unter / Error: Directory not available"
echo %apex_path%
:end_of_install
EXIT
Message was edited by:
mpatzwah

Answer 1

You don't really have to, but if you want to use APEX with those multiple instances, it'll make
life much easier - you don't want to keep the data in one database instance and your (APEX) application code in another and get the data over a link.
But you only need one Instance of Oracle HTTP Server with multiple dads configured, not one
HTTP Server per Instance.
Regards
Holger