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

1. yes, but they probably wont want to do that on a production database. When you start out you dont need to know how to set up a database. Well the very basics are ok, the rest is more advanced. You want to learn how to use it.
2. A half-way knowledgeable DBA could set you up an area on an existing database where you cant harm anything. You can then learn how to make tables and use them, etc.... It is very easy to do. I would suggest having them set you up in the scott/tiger schema. This comes with oracle and is used for demos etc... you have some data and some tables to play with.

Ryan Gaffuri

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 - 14:27:18 CST