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Re: Newbie Question: Adding A Database

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:34:34 -0700
Message-ID: <1065573279.72153@yasure>


the clansman wrote:

>"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>news:1065562022.870936_at_yasure...
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>>The first thing you should do is recognize that Oracle is not SQL Server
>>(or Sybase or Informix) and that
>>you are misusing terminology.
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>I just want to learn, not to steal your job.
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>>Also recognize that Oracle's architecture is completely different from >
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>that of all other major commercial RDBMS
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>>products and you should not be doing anything until you can competently
>>explain the concepts behind multiversioning,
>>locking, and transaction processing.
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>I can tell you that: I can now create Oracle Databases without "competently
>explain the concepts behind multiversioning,
>locking, and transaction processing" which I think are concepts that are not
>fully teached to a Newbie like me. If I had to wait to underdtand these
>concepts before I can create a database, well, your job wouldn't be needed.
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>Sorry for my written english. In French I would have told you: "Vous êtes
>pédant"
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>

That you can create it is not the issue. My mother can create a database. The issue is what you will do with it.

You should pay attention to Hans' statements. C'est dommage.

-- 
Daniel Morgan
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Received on Tue Oct 07 2003 - 19:34:34 CDT

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