Re: Advice on Learning Oracle?

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:41:30 GMT, David Fitzjarrell <oratune_at_aol.com> wrote:

>In article <JerL5.375900$i5.6111462_at_news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com>,
> "Lamar Thomas" <lamart_at_home.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I would like to learn Oracle Database. My company made me an offer
 to stay
>> on with them. Among the many other offers they made, they offered to
 send
>> me to an Oracle class and let me learn Oracle for personal/career
 growth. I
>> am not a programmer (however I do understand the concepts, I work for
 a
>> software company and have read a book or two). I also have read a
 book on
>> MS Access and have taken an Access class at our local college. I am a
>> Network Administrator and I am Microsoft Certified.
>>
>> I just wanted to know what is a GOOD book for a beginner so I can
 read it
>> before I take a class. The way I look at it is if I learn the basics
 on my
>> own, then I can have the company pay for an intermediate class. They
 are
>> also paying for a UNIX/Linux class that I start tomorrow. Thanks for
 your
>> help.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>
>
>The text I teach from is "Oracle 8i: The Complete Reference" from
>Oracle Press. It covers, quite well, the concepts and skills needed to
>effectively interact with an Oracle instance. Also provided with the
>book is the "On-line Reference" that you can install on your PC and
>have a ready reference available.

Also, anything from TUSC is EXCELENT. They have written some of the Oracle Press books. Received on Tue Dec 26 2000 - 18:31:42 CST