Re: Looking for information on training... Workgroup 2000 products

In article <NEWTNews.827859548.28762.BHehe_at_BHehe.xn.xerox.com> Brad Hehe <Brad_Hehe_at_xn.xerox.com> writes:
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>In preparation of a training agenda for myself, I've stumbled upon a need for
>some Oracle training..... their Education center is to contact me sometime
>today and help me work through their course selection and prepare a plan, but
>I thought turning to the trenches for input may prove to be more beneficial.
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>I am a programmer having worked in Cobol, RPG, dBase, Basic, VBA, Pascal and
>have worked with ODBC somewhat as well as Cobol<->BTrieve environments.
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>What I am hoping to accomplish is to provide myself with a complete
>understanding of Oracle where I could take a box off the shelf and do all of
>the items a Database Administrator and Applications Programmer would have to
>offer. My SQL experience is limited to Access queries SQL statements.
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>I've seen the Masters path, and realized that I would need a cross-functional
>path that would involve the details needed to implement Oracle Workgroup 2000
>products, beginning with Access->Personal Oracle/Workgroup Oracle and eventual
>migration to Visual Basic Pro 4.0. A later date would then involve migration
>to C++.
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>Anyone that can offer any input, guideance, or training providers, please
>e-mail me or post to this newsgroup.
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> Thanks in advance,
> Brad Hehe
> Xerox Business Services - Computer Administrator
>

I would highly recommend reading the Server Concepts manual first. It starts off with "What is Oracle", then gets nice and technical. Then take a box off the shelf (or off the net, like personal oracle) and do it! Check out the Server Administrators Guide and the Application Programming Guide. Then take the classes.

You will find there are a number of things that are only taught in the classes, which may make some of the DIY very frustrating. That's what this newsgroup is for, so don't be afraid to ask away.

You probably should get a "Cookbook" like Ault's Oracle 7 Administration & Management, if you are going to be running a major system on VMS or unix.

The classes are good, but of course they are expensive and it can take a while to do a whole Masters. I think most of the classes benefit from previously trying to do it yourself.

I found a relational theory class at my university very helpful for putting it all into perspective. There are definitely some worldview changes going from 3GL to 4GL. You will probably not have much trouble with the application programmer stuff, given your experience. Just try to remember to think in terms of sets rather than one thing at a time!

Good Luck

jg

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