Re: Career move - Oracle from Sybase

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam>
Date: 07 Apr 2003 10:50:22 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns9356D3DE33400Tokenthis@210.49.20.254>

Following up on Hmmm..., 07 Apr 2003:

> Any suggestions for some good books to work through?

Get a hold of Tom Kite's book, if there are any left at your local.

ORACLE EXPERT ONE-ON-ONE. Heavy, and worth its weight in gold!

> Any other suggestions for getting up to speed on Oracle?
>

Your biggest problem will be to "un-learn" Sybase. Just look at it this way: the two products are architecturally and technically VERY different. SQL may be common, but almost everything else will be slightly or very different.

Optimal design for Oracle is fundamentally different from optimal design for Sybase, particularly when dealing with very large databases, parallel execution, locking, sizing, stored procedures and what they can do.

Administration and system sizing are also very different. You have to literally forget what the Sybase mantras say about "what is good". And learn the Oracle ones.

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Cheers
Nuno Souto
wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam

Received on Mon Apr 07 2003 - 05:50:22 CDT