Re: Oracle intro for experienced DBA

From: <g.r.s.deisz_at_kpn.com>
Date: 8 Jan 2002 15:57:16 GMT
Message-ID: <a1f4ss$kb3$1@hdxl22.telecom.ptt.nl>

In article <475617de.0201080746.139375e3_at_posting.google.com>,

astralwarrior_at_hotmail.com (Dan Barron) wrote:
>I am an experienced DBA just starting out with Oracle. I was wondering
>if anyone here could suggest a good book or two or any other resources
>to get into Oracle. I have heard it said that there is an Oracle
>"mindset" or approach that is different from other databases. I'm not
>looking for an exhaustive treament of everything, just something to
>give me the ground rules and an idea of what tool to use when, etc.
>Not an absolute beginner book, either, one that assumes you know
>something about databases. Like those books for teaching C to VB
>programmers, that kind of thing.
>
>Not too much to ask, eh? :-) Any ideas would be most appreciated.

The Oracle Concepts Guide (part of the Oracle documentation) is a must-read.

Stefan. Received on Tue Jan 08 2002 - 09:57:16 CST