Re: Advice needed. learning how to make an oracle DB

Ziggs

Not really. You need your own computer to play with. Try to get a PC and put Linux on it.

Regards,

Phh.

<ziggs> wrote in message news:75bb8uggoli5au8ui241269k1pqus3gev9_at_4ax.com...
> I know a little about databases, i.e. MS access. At work, we use
> Oracle 8i on a Unix Server. I want to learn Oracle. However, before
> I ask our IT dept for access, I wanted to get a few questions
> answered.
>
> 1. Assuming I get a book on how to create a database in Oracle, is
> possible for a DBA to set aside an area on the Unix Server that I can
> access and create a database while at the same time not being able to
> access areas that I might mess up by playing around. i.e. I
> accidently change some parameters in a production system that's on the
> same Server.
>
> 2. Assuming that an area could be set aside, what valid concerns would
> a DBA have for not wanting a newbie to have an area to just learn?
>
> TIA
Received on Wed Mar 06 2002 - 00:40:31 CST