Re: Beginner needs help getting started

Many thanks for your advice, this is the kind of advice I like, not some idiot trying to tell me that I'll create a disaster without knowing anything about my other skills and what the main part of my job entails (NT/Unix/Exchange). It was made clear at interview that this was a training requirement of mine and also the salary also reflects my current knowledge and not that of a fully qualified, experienced Oracle DBA.

"andrew_webby at hotmail" <spam_at_no.thanks.com> wrote in message news:990697339.9431.0.nnrp-02.c30bdde2_at_news.demon.co.uk...
> I was taken on at my position under NT/Unix technical on the understanding
> that I'd be mentored under the existing DBA.
>
> I have to say that if I'd been dropped in it myself on day 1, then I'd
> really have been in trouble - and most probably unemployed. If you're
 stuck
> in this position now, then I recommend you grab the Oracle documentation
> and, if you read nothing else, read the Oracle Concepts chapter. And the
> books Daniel mentioned would be helpful as well. If you're spending (and
 the
> company is willing to train), then ask them to buy you the OCP materials
> NOW!
>
> AW
>
> "Gary McCallum" <gary.mccallum_at_deletethisbit.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
> message news:8ySO6.17848$eJ4.2229697_at_news1.cableinet.net...
> > I start working for a new company in a months time, one of the things I
 will
> > have to is look after 2 Oracle databases. I made it clear at interview
 I
> > know very little about Oracle so the company understands I need training
 but
> > I would like to hit the ground running. Can someone point me in the
> > direction of where to start, what to do and what to read, I have access
 to
> > Oracle 8i Personal Edition but I don't even now SQL, all my databases
 have
> > been done through Access.
> >
> > I have one month to do this so any help would be most appreciated, I
 don't
> > need to know everything but a crash course to get me started would be
> > useful.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Thu May 24 2001 - 15:54:55 CDT