Re: Is Oracle deliberately difficult?

<chriss_at_enteract.com> wrote in message news:8ofo5n$d8l$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Though your post was somewhat humorous, the guy asked a legit
> question. As somone who is learning Oracle right now - it seems a lot
> of the way things are done are from circa 20 years ago (as pointed out)
> and fails to take advantage of technologies that can speed and ease the
> use and administration.
>
> just my $.02

Accepted, and respected. I'm just wondering if you can give a specific example.

When I first encountered Oracle, I thought it was beautifully engineered, and I don't really see what the difficulties are. I do Oracle training courses, so I see the the things students have trouble with, but it's easy to buy out of that with thoughts such as 'that's students for you', 'well what do you expect if they insist on keeping their mobile phones switched on for the course's duration', or 'what do you expect -it is 5 over-packed days after all'.

The Oracle databases I have at home are managed using tried and tested server manager, and I've never got on with the 'click OK and trust to luck' kind of approach. Seems too much to be riding on to go that route.

Still, I'd like to hear of specific examples you have in mind.

Regards
HJR
>
> In article <WYBq5.912$dD4.75144_at_monger.newsread.com>,
> "Van Messner" <vmessner_at_bestweb.net> wrote:
> > I'm sure that it is. Outside Kansas City where Oracle has its
 difficulty
> > office there are two subdivisions - one for deliberate and one for
> > accidental. Both divisions have been fully staffed for many years,
 but
> > there are about three times as many people in the deliberate division.
> >
> > Van
> >
> > "Sid_James" <sid.james_at_virgin.net> wrote in message
> > news:39AAD6A9.5540_at_virgin.net...
> > > I've been learning Oracle for a while now and I do think of it as
 quite
> > > challenging in an enjoyable way. I don't use Enterprise Manager, I'd
> > > rather get to to know the 'nuts and bolts'. However, having done a
 SQL
> > > Server administrator's course, I can't help thinking that Oracle is
> > > rather more difficult to use than maybe it should be.
> > >
> > > Sensible, rational responses that shoot me up in flames are always
> > > preferable!
> > >
> > > e d
> >
> >
>
>
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Received on Tue Aug 29 2000 - 03:57:55 CDT