Re: Please be kind to a newbie!

From: Ralf Zwanziger <goldensurfer_at_gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 07:41:47 GMT
Message-ID: <3ab858d5.74967377@news.fth.sbs.de>

Hi John,

>I need to familiarize myself with the product and I am relativly new to
>Solaris and totaly new to Oracle (I have been in the MSSQL world for a year
>or so).

M$SQL for a year? Well, then... welcome to the real world :-)

Here are a few links that might help you:

this newsgroup and the other comp.database.oracle.* NGs
the "Oracle User and Fan Club": http://www.orafans.com/cgi-bin/orafans/ubb/Ultimate.cgi
the oracle-internet pages and discussion groups on technet: http://technet.oracle.com http://technet.oracle.com/support/bboard/discussions.htm (I think you have to become a member there, but it's no pronblem and costs no money)
A list of books about oracle can be found at: http://books.oracle-home.com and software to download at: http://downloads.oracle-home.com
A collection of scripts and other information can be seen at: http://www.materialdreams.com
A few good tips can be found in the "tips and articles"-section of: http://www.hot-oracle.com/
An oracle 8i SQL reference you can find at: http://oradoc.photo.net/ora81/DOC/server.815/a67779/toc.htm

Hope these links might be helpful.

Bye,
Ralf Received on Wed Mar 21 2001 - 01:41:47 CST