Re: Is it necessary for a DBA to learn JAVA?

I think in my opinion a DBA should now at least :

- SQL
- PL/SQL
- some sort of shell (Korn, C shell)
- knowledge of some imperative or OO language (doesn't matter what)

All the rest depends on what your developers are doing and what you are running.
For example : we use a lot of IAS9i stuff, warehouse builder and workflow. These products rely heavely on java - inside the DB aswell as outside ... so for
me Java is almost as important as PL/SQL ... and just knowing how to install isn't
going to cut it for me.

The question is also - is the DBA actually responsible for IAS9i ...

"damorgan" <dan.morgan_at_ci.seattle.wa.us> wrote in message news:3C607638.3FB66293_at_ci.seattle.wa.us...
> No.
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> The second language for Oracle DBAs is Korn Shell (or Perl) scripting.
>
> All this JAVA stuff makes great marketing copy and helps differentiate
> Oracle from Microsoft. But JAVA still has not reached the critical mass in
> most Oracle environments needed to make it a necessary basic. And I doubt
> it ever will (meaning in the next 3-5 years).
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
>
>
> Mike F wrote:
>
> > With oracle more and more involved in JAVA, there are a lot of stuff in
> > my database that I do not know, like JAVA Class, is it necessary for us
> > to learn JAVA, or as long as we know how to install JVM following the
> > procedure, is that good enough?
> >
> > Any suggestion?
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Tue Feb 05 2002 - 02:28:13 CST