Re: Drowning in Oracle...{Extreme Newbie}

[Quoted] I've just started learning oracle myself. Oracle 8 for dummies was ok
Oreilly's oracle design book was great, but not for db beginners I'd start with SQL in 21 days and get a 5$ copy of Personal oracle 8 from oracle.com
goto the bookstore and find the one that lists your steps check out an oracle club in your area
Oracle is hard to learn by yourself (my IQ 99.7% and it hasn't been easy) so don't get stressed out when you hit a perceived wall.:)

Brian Lavender <brian_at_brie.com> wrote in article <368a9cf2.173044197_at_news.pacbell.net>...
> If you are starting with Oracle I think you are way deep, because
> there are some basics you will want to get. Oracle covers lots o
> details which you might get bogged down with. I suggest getting
> "Understanding SQL" by Martin Gruber and start with something
> lightweight like Paradox.
>
> brian
>
> On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:30:25 -0600, "Kelly R. Kerr"
> <interactive_at_multi-scribe.com> wrote:
>
> >Hey all!
> >
> >Can anyone tell me some good resources to find out the "basics" of
> >Oracle 8. (Like how to create a db, how to enter data into that db, and
> >
> >how to manipulate the data once I have it entered?) I know these may
> >seem like simple questions, but I have been trying to get through
> >"Oracle8: A Beginner's Guide" as well as the "Oracle Documentation" and
> >
> >for some reason it is not sinking in.
> >
> >Basically what I am looking for is a step by step list of how to set up
> >a db and then access it. (As usual time is not on my side.) Any help
> >would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --------
> Brian E. Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
>
> "For every complex problem, there is
> a solution that is simple, neat, and
> wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
>
Received on Fri Jan 01 1999 - 00:00:00 CET