To run your application:

1. Click the Run Application icon.
2. In the log in page, enter hr for both the User Name and Password.Your application appears, showing the EMPLOYEES table.
3. Explore your application.

Congratulations! You have just created your first application using Oracle Database XE.

To create an application based on the EMPLOYEES table:

1. On the Database Home Page, click the Application Builder icon. And then click the Create button.
2. Under Create Application, select Create Application and click Next.
3. Under Create Application:
   1. Name: Enter MyApp.
   2. Accept the remaining defaults.
   3. Click Next.

   Next, add pages to your application.

4. Under Add Page:
   1. For Select Page Type, select Report and Form.
   2. Next to the Table Name field, click the up arrow, and then select EMPLOYEES from the Search Dialog window.
   3. Click Add Page. Two new pages display at the top of the page, under Create Application.
   4. Click Next.
5. On the Tabs panel, accept the default (One Level of Tabs) and click Next.
6. On the Shared Components panel, accept the default (No) and click Next. This option enables you to import shared components from another application. Shared components are common elements that can display or be applied on any page within an application.
7. For Authentication Scheme, Language, and User Language Preference Derived From, accept the defaults and click Next.
8. For the theme, select Theme 2 click Next. Themes are collections of templates that you can use to define the layout and style of an entire application.
9. Confirm your selections. To return to a previous wizard page, click Previous. To accept your selections, click Create. After you click Create, the following message displays at the top of the page:

   Application created successfully.

To log in as the sample user account:

1. Open the Database Home Page login window:
   • On Windows, from the Start menu, select Programs (or All Programs), then Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, and then Go To Database Home Page.
   • On Linux, click the Application menu (on Gnome) or the K menu (on KDE), then point to Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, and then Go To Database Home Page.
2. In the Login window, enter hr for both the user name and password.
3. Click Login.

The Database Home Page appears.

To unlock the sample user account:

• Make sure you are logged on as the database administrator. As described in the previous section.

• Click the Administration icon, and then click Database Users.

• Click the HR schema icon to display the user information for HR.

• Under Manage Database User, enter the following settings:

Password : Enter hr for the password.

Confirm Password : Enter hr for the password again.

Account Status : Select Unlocked.

Roles : Ensure that both CONNECT and RESOURCE is enabled.

• Click Alter User.

Now you are ready to create your first application.

Follow these steps:

Open the Database Home Page login window:

• On Windows, from the Start menu, select Programs (or All Programs), then Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, and then Go To Database Home Page.
• On Linux, click the Application menu (on Gnome) or the K menu (on KDE), then point to Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, and then Go To Database Home Page.

At the Database Home Page login window, enter the following information:

• Username: Enter system for the username.
• Password: Enter the password that was specified when Oracle Database 10g Express Edition was installed.

Click Login.

The Oracle Database 10g Express Edition home page appears.

This guide covers the following topics:

• Logging in as the Database Administrator

• Unlocking the Sample User Account

• Logging in as the Sample User Account

• Creating a Simple Application

• Running Your New Application