Run-time environment import errors

 Hi,

Normally in a development apex environment you can import a new version of an existing application by simply importing it with the same application ID via the apex web interface, this will force the old version to be removed and the new version to be installed.

I have read a number of blogs and threads which talk about apex runtime eviroments and how to import and application via command line into a run-time apex enviroment.

http://joelkallman.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/apexapplicationinstall.html

http://blog.warp11.nl/2011/12/import-apex-application-at-command-line/

http://www.apexninjas.com/blog/2011/04/import-full-apex-application-to-runtime-environments/

but they all assume that you are importing the application for the first time into the apex rt environment using the command line i.e. sqlplus. Unfortunately in my case, the apex rt environment already has an older version of the application, therefore the workspace exist.