About This Content

This guide provides background information to help you understand how TimesTen works, as well as step-by-step instructions that show how to perform the most commonly-needed tasks..

Audience

To work with this guide, you should understand how database systems work and have some knowledge of Structured Query Language (SQL).

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The following text conventions are used in this document.

Convention	Meaning
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monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.