Re: Learning databases

The future of database computing is unpredictable with any certainty because four years ago no one had heard of Java while today it is the hot item and four years from now it could be surpassed by the next wave of technology. Today's relational database architecture could be giving way to object-relational or even to true pure object databases, but I do not believe this. I think that objects are too complicated for end-users to access via end-user tools and may be vetoed by the customer in the end. This could change with the next generation of tools.

SQL is a good thing to be familiar with. ODBC and by extension JODBC for Java is also good to know. I would start with SQL. Access is fine for learning with, but if it was me I would try to get MS-Server ver 7 to use as the DB if I could not use Oracle.
Let's face it, this is an Oracle newsgroup and I am an Oracle DBA so my opinion may be biased. Still there are several tools that will generate html web pages that use ODBC access to Oracle or possibly some other DB. Many of them require you to know no Html, Java, Perl, etc... to generate working screens. You can learn a scripting language later after you learn some basics.

Erik Boles <erik_at_caid.com> wrote in article <367874F3.7F59_at_caid.com>...
> What I am looking to do is be able to have a website where you can put
> in make, model, year, etc, etc, etc of a particular product via a form
> and have it return to you the part you are looking for..I assume this is
> all done with databases and therefore
> I am interested in learning more about database programming but have
> absolutely no idea where to start. I am a LITTLE familiar with MS
> Access but not sure if database languages are standardized or not. If
> they are I assume I need to focus on SQL and mySQL. Can anyone point me
> in the right direction to get started?
>
> Also, my concern is that there has been talk about JAVA taking over the
> role that traditional database programming now occupies....is this a
> valid concern or not?
>
> Any help or insight is greatly appreciated
>
> _E
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Received on Thu Dec 17 1998 - 08:32:33 CST