Re: oracle newbie...help?

The book I recommend to my students, if you only get one book, is Oracle 8i The Complete Reference by Osborne (Oracle Press).

But equally important is to spend a lot of time with all of the materials Oracle has made available at http://technet.oracle.com.

Daniel Morgan

oscargrouch wrote:

> alright...i retract my statement about understanding dbs...what about the
> book question?
>
> and one of the things i'm finding useful about sql navigator is that, when
> i'm not sure what sql to write for a query (all i'm doing at this point is
> querying), i can use the builder and then edit the code from what it gives
> me...will sql*plus do that?
>
> also, what about the book question?
>
> thanks...............
>
> "Daniel A. Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3C4E889A.2490EDF6_at_exesolutions.com...
> > Based on your email I take strong exception to your opening statement that
> you
> > "understand databases" ... you don't. Drop the pretense or you will just
> get
> > into trouble. I've been doing this for 30+ years and I would have great
> > hesitation in saying that. The subject is as deep as the Pacific Ocean.
> >
> > SQL Navigator and TOAD are two tools that do roughly the same thing and
> are sold
> > by the same company. I would advise you to use neither if you are trying
> to
> > learn Oracle. Stick to SQL*Plus and learn what you are doing. People that
> rely
> > on these tools rarely can write DDL and often don't do such a great job of
> DML
> > either.
> >
> > Daniel Morgan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > oscargrouch wrote:
> >
> > > hello...i understand databases and some kinds of data warehouses...i
> know
> > > how to write simple select queries for oracle...i want to learn
> extensive
> > > querying and move to creating databases and warehouses and marts and
> > > such...am i talking dba or architect? or neither? or is it the same
> thing?
> > >
> > > tools: i'm using sql navigator...what's the difference between it and
> toad?
> > > is there a tool i'd want instead of either? should i use actual oracle
> > > products instead?
> > >
> > > what one book is best to teach me the stuff i described above?
> > >
> > > thanks in advance for any advice....
> >
Received on Wed Jan 23 2002 - 05:51:34 CST