Geoff Muldoon wrote:
> damorgan_at_psoug.org says...
>
>>Steen Persson (DK) wrote:
>
>
>>>I'm a MS SQL Server DBA and I know next ot nothing about how Oracle works.
>>>Now I need to get involved in our Oracle server (some administration and
>>>querying databases) so where do I start? Can any of you point me to some
>>>good "Oracle Beginners guide" on how to do the basic stuff?
>
>
>>1. Buy a copy of Tom Kyte's "Expert one-on-one Oracle" and read
>> the first three chapters with care.
>
>
> As someone that still considers himself a newbie (about 2.5 years into
> Oracle):
>
> 1. Buy a copy of Tom Kyte's "Expert one-on-one Oracle" and read the first
> three chapters with care.
>
> 2. Skim through the rest of the chapters of "Expert one-on-one Oracle" to
> get a basic overview of some of the other concepts.
>
> 3. Re-read the first three chapters of "Expert one-on-one Oracle" with
> care.
>
> 4. Thoroughly read the rest of the chapters of "Expert one-on-one Oracle"
> to get a better overview of some of the other concepts.
>
> 5. Re-read the first three chapters of "Expert one-on-one Oracle" with
> care.
>
> 6. Buy and read Jonathan Lewis' "Practical Oracle 8i - Building Efficient
> Databases".
>
> 7. Re-read the first three chapters of "Expert one-on-one Oracle" with
> care.
>
> Geoff M
Not a bad start. Now add Tom Kyte's book "Effective Oracle by Design" to
your list and you'll be further toward a goal none of us will ever reach.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
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damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Sun Sep 11 2005 - 19:00:58 CDT
