Re: Quickets way to learn Oracle

Jan Gelbrich wrote:

> If You can afford it, take a class on Oracle basics.

But shop around. There are many 'classes for the sake of classes'. Ask for references.

>
> If not, read a book that might be suitable for You. Then, I would suggest
> O´Reilly books,
> e.g. "Oracle in a Nutshell" or "Oracle Essentials". IMHO they are some of
> the best introductions for newbees.
 

Followed quickly by O'Reilly's "Mastering SQL" and "The Oracle PL/SQL CD Bookshelf" (http://oracle.oreilly.com), and Thomas Kyte's books "Effective Oracle by Design" (http://www.oraclepress.com) and "Expert One-on-One Oracle" (http://www.apress.com)

> If You are interested in Developing, concentrate on PL/SQL and Java. You
> maybe want to know about
> Oracle Developer Suite.
>
> And for Your practice, download the software from Oracle on a evaluation
> license - it is free :)
> If You have an Oracle database at Your company, ask Your DBA to have a
> Schema where You can
> practice; if not, download the Oracle Database and install in on Your test
> PC.

And if you're getting the software, why not get the free boot-strap tutorials (http://otn.oracle.com/obe), documentation (http://docs.oracle.com) and the sample code (http://otn.oracle.com >> Resources) Received on Thu Sep 30 2004 - 06:33:00 CDT