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Ref:            ripe-253
Title:          RIPE Database User Manual: Getting Started
Author:         Andrei Robachevsky, Shane Kerr, Vesna Manojlovic
                Samantha Dickinson
Date:           9 September 2002
Format:         PS=78771  TXT= Available soon
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This document is intended for users who have no previous experience
with the RIPE Database. It is a hands-on tutorial that walks the
reader through the basic concepts and techniques that are needed to
use the RIPE Database using example and exercises.

This document is not intended to be a complete reference. Full
information on the RIPE Database may be found in the RIPE Database
Reference Manual at:

      http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/databaseref-manual.html 

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Jeroen Bet
RIPE NCC Webmaster