Preface

Oracle Database XStream Guide describes the features and functionality of XStream. This document contains conceptual information about XStream, along with information about configuring and managing an XStream environment. In addition, this document contains reference information related to XStream.

Audience

This guide is intended for database administrators who configure and manage XStream environments. To use this document, database administrators must be familiar with relational database concepts, SQL, distributed database administration, Oracle Streams concepts, PL/SQL, and the operating systems under which they run an XStream environment.

This guide is also intended for programmers who develop applications that use XStream. To use this document, programmers need knowledge of an application development language and relational database concepts.

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