Difference between Oracle Server and Oracle Database
 

I know it sounds a stupid question, but here it is:

What is the difference between the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server? I downloaded the Oracle Database, but found out that there exists "Oracle Application Server" ...

Regds,
Ganninu

Oracle Server is the actual Oracle database and its client software. If you want to run a Oracle database, this is what you are looking for.

Oracle Application Server (OAS) is connects to Oracle database(s) and is used for creating real-time reports and metric information from data found inside the database. OAS can be setup to display the database data as a html, pdf, word document, etc.

-- M

So That means Oracle Application Server acts like a middle ware between the external applications and the Oracle database ..Am I Right?

Actually, OAS is actually much, much more.

Oracle Application Server is - well - an application server. It competes with IBM Websphere, BEA WebLogic, and JBoss (among other J2EE application servers).

Here's the link to Oracle's page:
http://www.oracle.com/appserver/index.html

Here's an article on "Application Servers" in general:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_server