Re: Becoming an Oracle DBA (part 3)

In article <39f049d4_at_news.iprimus.com.au>, howardjr_at_www.com says...
> Without wishing to seem trite, my only real suggestion is to drop Oracle 8
> as quickly as possible, and install 8.1.6 or better, and concentrate on the
> 8i material.
>
> I speak as one who thought the sun was 8.0.x but who has recently discovered
> that it was merely a stepping stone to the much better things in 8i.
Just remember that a whole pile of the real world is stuck on 7.3.4 for a variety of good reasons. I could wish I was on 8i, but until the software vendor puts out an 8i version, I'm stuck with 7.3.4.

My advice is learn how things work. If you understand the theory behind the program it does not matter what the program is. Databases are databases be they Oracle, Sybase, or SQL Server. I have worked on 7 different operating systems in my career. Once I understood the theory it was very easy to learn another one.

Liz Received on Mon Oct 23 2000 - 10:29:07 CDT