Documentation Road Map

The following table provides a quick road map to the Oracle Database XE online documentation:

To Learn About	See
Registering Oracle Database XE	`http://www.oracle.com/technology/xe/registration`
Accessing the Oracle Database XE graphical user interface	Accessing the Database Home Page
Demonstration applications	Running a Demonstration Application
Creating users	Creating Users
Creating tables, views, and other database objects	About Creating New Database Objects
Browsing existing tables, views, and other database objects	Managing Database Objects with Object Browser
Importing and exporting data	Importing, Exporting, Loading, and Unloading Data
Running queries and SQL scripts	Using SQL Building Queries with Query Builder Using SQL Commands Using SQL Scripts
Performing administrative tasks	Accessing the Database Home Page Starting Up and Shutting Down Managing Network Connections Managing Database Memory Managing Database Storage Managing Users and Security Monitoring the Database Backing Up and Recovering
Connecting to the database from SQL Command Line (SQL*Plus) and other Oracle utilities	Connecting to the Database
The HR sample schema	Sample HR Account
Writing applications with Oracle Application Express 2.1	Using Application Builder
Writing applications with popular languages and tools	Other Development Environments
Storing XML data in the database	Oracle XML DB Developer's Guide