Re: Help with Oracle Career Path

From: mark <mark_brehmen_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 18 Nov 2001 21:03:45 -0800
Message-ID: <fa4781e4.0111182103.70bb088f@posting.google.com>

Avoid the DBA track since you are a fresher. Try the developer track. A fresher can pass it with some hard work

**Before** you start of studying , Learn the basics of these topics first

1.Normalization  and Sql.
2. PL/SQl
3. Oracle Forms
4. Oracle Reports

You can download Forms , Reports and the dataabse from otn
(otn.oracle.com).

This may take you around a month or two to learn the basics.

After that check out the subjects that are needed to pass the exams. Then start studying. Dont simply start studying before you know the above topics atleast a bit. You will find it difficult.

E mail me if you need any clarifications. For technical oracle questions, i have reposted Jonathan's post on how to find answers to Oracle technical questions.

-------------------JONATHAN'S POST ON ORACLE TECHNICAL

QUESTIONS----------- There are several FAQs about the Oracle database scattered around the Internet, and many ways of finding answers to the simpler questions about Oracle very quickly.

The following list is a suggestion of where you might find answers to questions that you feel should have an easy answer.

The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ
http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html

The archive for this news group
http://www.google.com

select the GROUPS tab
then work through the list to

comp -> databases -> oracle

A search engine for searching the Oracle manuals for Oracle 8.1.7 and 9.0.1 exists at
http://tahiti.oracle.com

Oracle technology Network (free registration) which includes documentation and sample code fragments http://technet.oracle.com

Oracle Metalink (requires a support licence) contains a number of forums, a searchable knowledge base, and a searchable bug database.
http://www.oracle.com/support/metalink/index.html

If you want to help the newsgroup help you then:

Check the at least the first two resources above before posting your message. They may contain a discussion document that helps you more than getting the answer to the question you asked.
Quote the Oracle version number, and operating system that you are running on. Answers that are good for version 7 may be 2nd-rate for version 8 and completely stupid for version 9.
If something "doesn't work", that doesn't give anyone a clue about the problem. Always quote any error messages you get, and tell us a bit about the environment (e.g. SQL*Plus, VB, pl/sql called from Pro*C).
Feedback is important - if you find a good answer to the question you asked, post it to the newsgroup.
(If it is an article on a website, email me below with
the question, site, comment, and the URL and I can add it as a reference to the FAQ).

Received on Sun Nov 18 2001 - 23:03:45 CST