Re: is learning MS access beneficial to learn oracle and sql server?

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 23:23:10 +0100
Message-ID: <807f7vgfs729vafv1h8o020upn5qt5a7n7@4ax.com>

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:56:51 -0800, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote:

>> Any suggetsion on how I should go about "establishing good Databse
>> skills" would GREATLY be appreciated.
>>
>> Amanda
>
>Not to insult MS Access any more than I would insult a stack of 3x5 cards
>... but learning Access first will only mean you get to spend countless
>hours unlearning bad habits.
>
>The place to start is learning data normalization, construction of logical
>and physical Entity Relationship models, and the SQL language. But as
>someone pointed out ... just get Oracle ... you can download it for free.
>
>Daniel Morgan

The above section would have constituted a *sufficient reply*. Mr. Morgan, you are wasting bandwith and you are quite aware of it.

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Tue Mar 18 2003 - 16:23:10 CST