Re: A beginner's question

What many people omit is the basis to a good foundation. And that is.....learn CASE Methodology first AND learn it well, please! Of course, I would have had a lot less work over the years cleaning up and fixing poorly designed databases or applications created without an intimate knowledge of an ideal relational database. But that is the foundation of it all....learn that well first and then learn more.

I am sure you can learn alot in 2 months but there is nothing like experience in the real world of databases. If you have had lots of design and development in other database environments you could be of some use in 2 months....but unless you have...you might want to enlist as an apprentice somewhere.

Also, a course on Complex Queries at the tail end of what I have mentioned and what you have listed. You just can't talk babytalk to a highly normalized RDBMS. rq

raghu_at_transwld.com wrote:

> I am an Oracle Apps functional consultant. I need to pick up the technical
> side of the application. I need to learn the ORacle Database, PL/SQL
> programming and D2K. I do not find the time to sit through a formal classroom
> training program. However, i am quite intelligent and perceptive enough to be
> able to pick up stuff from books. I have bought the following books:
>
> ORacle8- The complete reference-George Koch and Kevin Loney(Oracle Press)
> Teach Yourself PL/SQL in 21 days-Tom Leurs
> Oracle8 PL/SQL Programming- Scott Urman (Oracle Press)
>
> I think i shall pick up a D2K book when i am finished with the above. Any
> suggestions for a good D2K book?
>
> Can someone suggest an appropriate methodology to learn all the above in rapid
> time, say 2 months. I am prepared to burn the candle to achieve my goal.
>
> Thanks
>
> Raghu
>
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Received on Wed Dec 02 1998 - 07:30:45 CST