Re: Where do you get Oracle ?

Whoa ! Hang on - if he goes off and learns PL - do I spot a DANGEROUS situation here ??????

Don`t know about you, but as a DBA, the one thing which fills me with utter DREAD is underqualified developers getting their hands on my database. In fact, I`d say that I`d personally kill and eat family members before letting anyone near any of my DB`s (Sorry - MY Db`s - I`m a DBA, after all ;-))) ) who`s "read a book on PL/SQL"

And you don`t start with PL/SQL - you start with SQL ! Sorry.........

The answer to the original question is to get your company to send you on a SPECIFIC Oracle developers` course, which includes (in this order) SQL, PL/SQL and PL for Oracle Development. No sane DBA would let you near a live or test database otherwise........

Dave

Alun Coppack wrote in message <8o38cc$edj$1_at_bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au>...
>I downloaded Wedbd and JDeveloper from technet , through a firewall, in
>Australia at over 25k/s per connection. Downloading Jdeveloper in multiple
>parts I was able to have all of them going at 25k/s.
>
>Alun
>Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message
>news:8o0ipp$fhp$1_at_soap.pipex.net...
>> works for me
>>
>> I agree though that dl speeds are *very* inconsistent - though they seem
 to
>> have improved in the last 3-6 weeks.
>> --
>> Niall Litchfield
>> Oracle DBA
>> Audit Commission UK
>> "Michael Harrison" <harrisonm7_at_home.com> wrote in message
>> news:mu65qsgep8e41iqrq5gi92cgub1c5b3kt4_at_4ax.com...
>> > On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:18:41 +1000, "Howard J. Rogers"
>> > <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > >"Adrian Shepherd" <theshepherds_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > >news:KHso5.8305$Xg.82694_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> > >> Dont count on anything greater than a couple of KB/s when
 downloading
 from
>> > >> Oracle. My d/l log shows a measly 0.4k/s transfer speed (over
 Cable),
 the
>> > >> transfer rate has been abysmal for a couple of weeks both from the
 U.K.
 ,
>> > >> U.S and in Australia. If you still want to try and d/l it, get
 yourself a
>> > >> good d/l manager such as getright or gozilla. Prepare to wait.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Strange, it took me around an hour and a half to download Lite AND
 the
>> > >Enterprise Edition.
>> > >
>> > >Like I said, get a friend with a good office connection.
>> > >
>> > >Clearly, Adrian has a 56K modem on a bad day with a dodgy ISP.
>> > >HJR
>> >
>> > I was able to download the Enterprise Edition of Oracle 8 in about 2
>> > or 3 hours on my cable modem.
>> >
>> > Don't even try downloading from Oracle if you are behind a firewall,
>> > it just doesn't work for some reason, even if your firewall allows FTP
>> > traffic. (at least it doesnt' work at all on my company's network)
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Fri Aug 25 2000 - 17:27:53 CDT