Difference between Oracle Server and Oracle Database

ganninu · 03-09-2004, 06:58 AM

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

Murpe · 03-10-2004, 11:05 AM

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.

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mvenkat_in · 02-26-2007, 11:19 PM

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

paulsm4 · 02-27-2007, 01:06 AM

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