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Introducing Oracle Database XE

Oracle Database Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) is a free, smaller-footprint edition of Oracle Database. Oracle Database XE is easy to install and easy to manage.

With Oracle Database XE, you use an intuitive browser-based interface to:

Administer the database
Create tables, views, and other database objects
Import, export, and view table data
Run queries and SQL scripts
Generate reports

Oracle Database XE also includes Oracle Application Express release 2.1, a declarative, graphical development environment for creating database-centric Web applications. In addition to Oracle Application Express release 2.1, you can use all the popular Oracle and third-party languages and tools to develop your Oracle Database XE applications.

Oracle Database XE also includes the following command-line utilities:

SQL Command Line (SQL*Plus), for entering SQL and PL/SQL commands and running scripts
SQL*Loader, for loading data into the database
Data Pump and the Import and Export utilities for data import and export

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