Re: [Help] Becoming a DBA - where to begin?

Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:<3E7C9DC3.AA1E6BBE_at_telusplanet.net>...
> Scott Ehrlich wrote:
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> >>
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> >
> > What are the real differences among becoming Oracle, Informix, and/or SQL
> > certified?
> >
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> The real differences are in the details. In general, the concepts are
> basically the same - trying to provide accurate and timely
> manipulation/access to data using a variation of the Entity Relationship
> model or it's UML offspring. The devil's in the details - each vendor has
> their own implementation. Each implementation requires a different thought
> process (although sometimes very similar to other vendors') to accomplish the
> same task. You will have seen this a lot in the UNIX/Linux world as well,
> after all Linux/Solaris/HP-UX/AIX all do exactly the same thing but slightly
> differently. (Boy did I create a possible flame war opening here <g>)
>

My observation is MSSQL DBA jobs expect you to be some kinda superprogrammer, where only half (but increasing) the Oracle DBA jobs expect that. Also, in the larger enterprises there is sometimes more specialization, (such as pure designers, architects and ITL, just to name a few). Oracle has been stronger in larger enterprises, whether that continues remains to be seen.

jg

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