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I am using Oracle Database Express Editor. I am installing it on my computer. I believe that the above links show different meanings but I do not exactly know what exactly each link is for and when we should use. Can you please explain to me?

jarlh
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Bobby
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    Possible duplicate of [What is the difference between 127.0.0.1 and localhost](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7382602/what-is-the-difference-between-127-0-0-1-and-localhost) – Rene Mar 28 '17 at 06:53
  • Does not seem like a duplicate, not of that question. This question has more difference than only the host. Hopefully that was not the reason for the downvote. – Yunnosch Mar 28 '17 at 07:10

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localhost resolves to the IP address 127.0.0.1 which is the most commonly used IPv4 loopback address.

  • http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex is the default URL of server

  • apex is the database access descriptor (DAD) name. The DAD describes how HTTP Server connects to the database server so that it can fulfill an HTTP request. It is the entry from your dads.conf file. The default value is apex.

  • f?p= is a prefix used by Oracle Application Express

  • 4950 is the application being called

Muhammad Muazzam
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Only difference I see between the links is

  1. usage of loopback IP address 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost
  2. Usage of query string in one url.

127.0.0.1 and localhost both refers to your local computer. You can as make your URL to be below. Hostname you can get by running command hostname in command prompt

http://<Hostname>:8080/apex
Rahul
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