Re: Self-Study CDs

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:49:09 -0800
Message-ID: <1074973684.582170@yasure>

Paul wrote:

> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu says...
>
>

>>I'd suggest a "beginners" book for syntax, then I'd suggest Tom Kyte's 
>>Effective Oracle by Design first and Expert one-on-one Oracle second, 
>>followed by a lot of time at http://tahiti.oracle.com. It will save you 
>>money and you will learn much more. Not as much as at a good college or 
>>university program but far more than with any CD set.

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>
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
>
> I have recently started lurking around these groups because I plan to
> make a career shift from programmer to Oracle DBA.
>
>
> I have recently downloaded the server from Oracle (no mean feat with a
> modem, I can tell you - I had to get a friend from a university to
> download it for me), and I have purchased
>
> Effective Oracle by Design (Kyte)
> Oracle Essentials (Greenwald, Stackowiak & Stern)
> Learning Oracle PL/SQL (Pribyl with Feuerstein)
> and for reference
> Oracle SQL (Kreines).
>
>
> I have been a programmer for several years (mostly Delphi and some C++
> Builder), working against various databases (Informix, Oracle, MS SQL
> Server and Interbase) and have a good grasp of DDL, DML and SQL.
>
> Are there any books that you would think that I really should get, and
> are there any on my list above that are no good?
>
>
> TIA.
>
>
> Paul...

If you are heading for DBA I'd suggest making sure that you read the concept and architecture documentation, and there is a lot of it available for free, at tahiti.oracle.com.

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