Re: Developer to Oracle DBA?

"Craig" <brokenleg_at_heartattack.com> wrote in message news:41403558$0$22755$db0fefd9_at_news.zen.co.uk...
| I'm currently a Delphi Developer (some PHP too) working with mySQL and SQL
| Server (And Paradox! Yuk!). Not enjoying it anymore, and wondering if it
| would be a good move at 30 years old, to do an Oracle course (Never even
| seen Oracle before!). Most of my Development till now has been DB apps, so
| my standard SQL is good. Delphi work is pretty hard to come by at the
moment
| (Scotland), and also possibly relocating back to South Africa.
|
| Can anyone advise?
|
| Maybe point me out a few courses in the UK or SA that would be beneficial?
| Most jobs, though, seem to require 2 years exp in Oracle, before then even
| sniff at you. Can anyone advise me on how to fix that!? :)
|
| And finally, is there a 'demo' version of Oracle that can run on my
Windows
| PC that I can play with and try and get SOME knowldege about before doing
a
| course?
|
| Thanks guys,
| Craig
|
|

30? old dog! can you still learn new tricks? (yes, keep getting educated)

you can download oracle and oracle tools from http://otn.oracle.com

get any of Stever Fuerenstein's books on PL/SQL

subscribe to Oracle magazine

peruse the OTN site for samples and tutorials

Oracle Corp classes are always a good fallback if no-one can recommend alternatives

need oracle experience? try to leverage your SQL and industry-specific experience to get into a shop that is moving to oracle -- but as a developer, not a DBA (that takes a lot longer and takes real oracle experience)

++ mcs Received on Thu Sep 09 2004 - 06:19:28 CDT