Re: I want to be oracle master.

Norman Dunbar <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> wrote in message news:<E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA702E3E304_at_lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk>...
> Lone Wolf,
>
> I too want to be an Oracle master !
>
> Go to http://otn.oracle.com and register for free.
> Go to the downloads page and download Oracle 9i for your PC - windows or
> Linux or whatever.
> Go to the docs page and download the concepts manual - for starters.
>
> Before you do this consider the size of the downloads - it might be
> better to send Oracle some money (not much) for the CDs to be sent to
> you. You are permitted to use the 'trial' versions for your own learning
> with no charge and no timeout periods provided you don't go commercial
> etc. Check out the licence. And the trial version *is* the same as the
> full version !
>
> Read the concepts manual, and understand it.
> Get hold of Oracle one-on-one by Tom Kyte.

In the meantime, there was a chapter or two of Kyte's book at http://wdvl.com/

> Get Beginning Oracle Programming by Sean Dillon, Tom Kyte, et al (and
> Howard J Rodgers).
> Install Oracle.
> Read the books, when you want to do stuff, try it out in your database.
> If it fails, come back here via GOOGLE GROUPS where you can search for
> previous answers to problems. If you find nothing, try
> http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq_ind.html and if still nothing, ask
> here. Don't forget to give details of platform, version of Oracle and
> the actual error codes and messages you get.
> Read and experiment !
>
> After a while you should be getting oin the long road to being an Oracle
> master. If you find some trainee positions somewhere - consider them,
> you may well get training paid for !
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> Regards Norman.

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LB Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 16:22:55 CST