Re: Total oracle newbie

OctoPrime wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 19:46:24 -0500, Karsten Farrell wrote:
>
> If you or your company has the money to burn, take the Oracle
> Courses. They will get you up and running in no time. You
> should probably take one a month in between to let the information soak
> in and to review. I had used and been exposed to Oracle for
> several years when I took the courses so I wasn't a total newbie.
> But there was a guy in one of my classes who was a Chef and was
> changing fields. He seemed to catch on rather quick. You will need
> to know how to move around in UNIX for the classes. Short of that
> I think you'll catch on fast if you understand how pc and smaller
> machines work.(disk, memory). From what I can tell about SQL Server
> it is pretty idiot proof. Just like most M$ stuff you sacrifice
> power for easy of use.
>
> Prime
> > wallabyedward_at_hunterlink.net.au said...
> >> Howdy,
> >>
> >> I've worked with DB2 & hierarchical databases for most of my computing
> >> life, but have been a casual observer to the explosion of Oracle use.
> >> I've visited websites and inquired as to information regarding Oracle
> >> certification, there is a course offered costing around 12K fr this but
> >> that seems ridiculous to me.
> >>
> >> I'm moving out of the mainframe field of specialisation and want to
> >> move into business for myself as the niche for Hogan specialists is
> >> drying up here - more and more work is being shipped to India and I'd
> >> just generally like to move away from Mainframe /larege corporations
> >> altogether. Is there any cheaper alternative to gaining Oracle
> >> certification than forking out heaps of money when for the same price I
> >> could be finishing my master's.
> >>
> >> Basically I'm seeking to provide computing services to small to mid
> >> range business concerns from network design and construction to
> >> finished internet and internal network client server systems includiong
> >> database development through to developed product support.
> >>
> >> Loads of information on Oracle would be appreciated.
> >>
> >> Without providing a thesis, whatever happened to Sybase and how does
> >> Oracle compare to other products such as SQL Windows etc.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance. Email me
> >> Anthony
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Instead of going for a certification course, you'd be better off taking
> > courses on Oracle's architecture. There's a very big difference between
> > DB2 and hierarchical databases like IDMS and SAS. You've got a lot of
> > "unlearning" ahead of you.
> >
> > If you want "loads of information," head on over to:
> >
> > http://otn.oracle.com/pls/db92/db92.getting_started?remark=homepage
> >
> > You'll find enough reading to keep you occupied for a century or so. :)

Actually if they have money to burn, or even to use wisely, they can contact the University of Washington Oracle Application Development Certificate program (me) and either bring their people to Seattle or we will bring a program to them.

Daniel Morgan Received on Fri Feb 07 2003 - 15:17:18 CST