Re: Ora10g installed...now what ? :-)

Fabio Cannavaro wrote:
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> I am not an expert :-) ...do you think this book is better than "Oracle
> Database 10g: a beginner's guide" ?

Not familiar with that one. Don't let the "expert" part of the title scare you. Tom Kyte is the expert but he writes and communicates at a level that everyone can understand.

Since I am not familiar with the other book I won't comment except to point out that the reviews on amazon.com for the "beginners guide" don't look very good.

When 10g first came out there is always a push for authors to get some stuff out to sell as quickly as possible. Sometimes the early books are the lowest quality.

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> > The biggest mistake you can make with oracle is to try to treat it the
> > way one ( is forced to ) interact with SQL Server.
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> I come from 4 years of sql server...now I'm starting to think is very
> difficult to change basis of known architecture :-(
>

If you really understand relational database design concepts well then transitioning from one to the other is fairly straightforward. But many SQL Server people as well as many oracle people don't have a firm grasp of the theory.

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> Well, if there isn't a paper with architectural differences between
> them...I'll write and publish when I'll master Ora :-)

It will be several years at least before you even get close to to "mastering" oracle. Good luck in your journey. Received on Wed Aug 16 2006 - 15:14:34 CDT