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Requirements and limitations

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Requirements and limitations - Amazon Relational Database Service

The following topic lists the requirements and limitations for APEX and ORDS.

APEX version requirements

The APEX option uses storage on the DB instance class for your DB instance. Following are the supported versions and approximate storage requirements for Oracle APEX.

APEX version Storage requirements Supported Oracle Database versions Notes

Oracle APEX version 24.1.v1

112 MiB

All

This version includes patch 36695709: PSE BUNDLE FOR APEX 24.1 (PSES ON TOP OF 24.1.0), PATCH_VERSION 3.

Oracle APEX version 23.2.v1

110 MiB

All

This version includes patch 35895964: PSE BUNDLE FOR APEX 23.2 (PSES ON TOP OF 23.2.0), PATCH_VERSION 6.

Oracle APEX version 23.1.v1

106 MiB

All

This version includes patch 35283657: PSE BUNDLE FOR APEX 23.1 (PSES ON TOP OF 23.1.0), PATCH_VERSION 2.

Oracle APEX version 22.2.v1

106 MiB

All

This versiosn includes patch 34628174: PSE BUNDLE FOR APEX 22.2 (PSES ON TOP OF 22.2.0), PATCH_VERSION 4.

Oracle APEX version 22.1.v1

124 MiB

All

This version includes patch 34020981: PSE BUNDLE FOR APEX 22.1 (PSES ON TOP OF 22.1.0), PATCH_VERSION 6.

Oracle APEX version 21.2.v1

125 MiB

All

This version includes patch 33420059: PSE BUNDLE FOR APEX 21.2 (PSES ON TOP OF 21.2.0), PATCH_VERSION 8.

Oracle APEX version 21.1.v1

125 MiB

All

This version includes patch 32598392: PSE BUNDLE FOR APEX 21.1, PATCH_VERSION 3.

Oracle APEX version 20.2.v1

148 MiB

All except Oracle Database 21c

This version includes patch 32006852: PSE BUNDLE FOR APEX 20.2, PATCH_VERSION 2020.11.12. You can see the patch number and date by running the following query:

SELECT PATCH_VERSION, PATCH_NUMBER FROM APEX_PATCHES;

Oracle APEX version 20.1.v1

173 MiB

All except Oracle Database 21c

This version includes patch 30990551: PSE BUNDLE FOR APEX 20.1, PATCH_VERSION 2020.07.15.

Oracle APEX version 19.2.v1

149 MiB

All except Oracle Database 21c

Oracle APEX version 19.1.v1

148 MiB

All except Oracle Database 21c

For downloadable APEX .zip files, see Oracle APEX Prior Release Archives on the Oracle website.

Oracle APEX and ORDS prerequisites

Note the following prerequisites for using APEX and ORDS:

  • Your system must use the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

  • Your Oracle client installation must include the following:

    • SQL*Plus or SQL Developer for administration tasks

    • Oracle Net Services for configuring connections to your RDS for Oracle DB instance

APEX limitations

You can't modify the APEX_version user account, which is managed by Amazon RDS. Thus, you can't apply database profiles or enforce password rules on this user. The profiles and password settings for APEX_version are predefined by Oracle and AWS and are designed to meet the security requirements for Amazon RDS.

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