This guide introduces you to the Oracle Database Migration Assistant for Unicode.
This preface contains these topics:
This guide is intended for database administrators who perform the following tasks:
Migrate character sets to Unicode
Verify that there are no character set data problems in a current Unicode database
To use this guide, you must be familiar with Oracle databases.
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Many of the examples in this guide use sample schemas, which are installed by default when you select the Basic Installation option with an Oracle Database installation. See Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information about how these schemas were created and how you can use them.
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