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

amanda94621_at_yahoo.com (amanda) wrote in message news:<bbea23b7.0303181053.9a25edd_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
> Please bear with me.
>
> I am a computer student who has missed out on learning database course
> (junior level) well because the prof. just taught nothing. He was sick
> that semester and all he gave as assignment was to create some tables
> and insert values. Actually, it was a 6 credit course for "Data
> Structure (use C) and Database Design", called a leveling course for
> grad studnet whose background is not from computer.
>
> Fortunately, I was taking "Inrto to SQL and PL/SQL" at a community
> college (knowing that I would get nothing from the course at my
> school) but the instructor there was teaching it for the first time
> (he usually teach pascal and C++) and so the pace was quite slow.
>
> I basically learned on my own reading the text book which was too
> easy. I don't feel that we finished as much as we could have. I also
> had a surgery that semester and so the pace worked well for me at that
> time.
>
> By the way, I jumped into computer field (Originally from my natural
> science background: chemistry) without taking any course in MS office
> cause I had no money; I plan to study those on my own but didn't
> happen due to time constraint and illness.
>
> Later, I took a graduate level database course (DBMS), very
> theorectical and so I am thorughly familiar with relational databse.
>
> What I would like to do is get serious skill in using Oracle Pl/SQL
> as well sql server's stored procedure (not as a DBA but as someone who
> can pick things up so that I can find a job). I have taken Java, Basic
> C++ - like C, Visual Basic, and plan to take a Unix course at a
> community college.
>
> I am not proficient in use of MS Access except for creating basic
> tables.
> Should I get a book on MS ACCESS (I have 2002 software) and if so,
> what book if you know and do some exercise before getting serious on
> SQL langauge, etc. Remembr that I have already learned "Intro do SQL
> and very basic PL/SQL" and have theorectical background.
>
> I am asking because I don't want to buy books and then not used while
> I am overwhlemed with what to learn on my own. I have so many books
> some of which I tounched only a few pages once or twice, like "Regular
> Expressions". Now..it is time for me to learn systematicllay instead
> of buying books after books, not that I have any more money.
>
> Any suggetsion on how I should go about "establishing good Databse
> skills" would GREATLY be appreciated.
>
> Amanda

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate it.

Now I know for sure what I should do. As I mentioned, I took grad course named DBMS and hence know normalization, ER model, etc. already. Since I need to develop useful skill to find a job, I will check the cool thing about Access later and now concentrate on the skills that will be useful in the industry. Received on Tue Mar 18 2003 - 22:12:04 CST