Preface
This guide is a primary source of information about the sample database schemas that are used for examples in Oracle Database documentation.
This preface contains the following topics:
Audience
This document is intended for all users of the seed database, which is installed when you install Oracle Database.
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Related Documents
This guide does not discuss specific programming examples that use data in the sample schemas; see the Oracle Database documentation library for specific books that discuss the technology that you are using.
Sample database schema OE contains tables that use SQL data type XMLType. For information about the use of such data, see Oracle XML DB Developer's Guide.
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