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Re: [Newbie] Oracle

From: Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 18:26:58 GMT
Message-ID: <SDJle.1964$kS3.963@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>


Ed Prochak wrote:
> Mark Bole wrote:

>> HansF wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 26 May 2005 14:25:43 -0700, DJP interested us by writing:
>>>> I had a n00b question about Oracle.
[...]
>
> They should first read the concepts manual. Kind of like freshman
> calculus, if they make it thru that, they might just be worthwhile after
> more years of training.
>
> (Me? I'm just a hopefully competent programmer that is always learning
> something new in ORACLE.)
>

Well put, better than what I said.

(In regard to HansF, I was trying to gently chide him on his false modesty; I think the quality of his postings here has shown him to be quite a bit more than "barely competent".)

Chapter 1 of the 1978 Kernighan/Ritchie book on C programming introduced me to a great concept -- the "hello world" program, which is now the de facto first exercise for learning almost any programming language.

What I would like to see is the same approach used for persons such as the OP, the equivalent of a "hello world" for Oracle:

"Here's the Oracle download site, here's the online documentation, when you can successfully demonstrate the on-line commands for determining what tables are in the SCOTT schema and what they contain, then we'll talk some more..."

How this exercise is handled will tell you a lot about whether it's worthwhile investing more time in helping the individual.

-Mark Bole Received on Fri May 27 2005 - 13:26:58 CDT

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