Re: two questions from a newbie

Thanks for the info., Richard.

I should have worded that #2 question better:

If someone has NO programming experience (no C++, Perl, Java) and NO database experience at all, would attempting to tackle SQL and Oracle be a bad adventure
because of their ignorance, or can those handicaps be overcome with the desire to learn and overcome?

Also, would taking formal classes in Oracle be wasted time-- would the person with no experience be "wandering around in the dark" the whole time, or could he/she once again overcome that lack of knowledge? It would be way scary to pay for many hours of classroom training in Oracle just to "discover" you can't
handle the nature of the material, or that you are totally bored with it.

"Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:qCOx9.69804$g9.197737_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> Hi Robot,
>
> "robot scythes" <stayfrosty_at_somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:35Ox9.4$SY3.418_at_bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > 1. Is there an FAQ for this group, or Oracle in general?
>
> Yes. Check out Jonathon Lewis's site:
>
> http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html
>
> Also, the google archives is a good place to look for topics of interest.
>
> >
> > 2. Is it necessary to have programming experience before
> > getting into Oracle?
>
> Depends what you mean by getting into Oracle. If you mean from a
programming
> perspective then not necessarily as everyone has got to learn programming
> from some point. If you mean from a DBA perspective then Oracle
programming
> experience is just short of being essential although there are always
> exceptions to every rule.
>
> What you really need to get into Oracle is a bit of enthusiasm, a bit of
> patience and a whole lot of learning.
>
> Cheers
>
> Richard
>
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Nov 05 2002 - 15:43:11 CST