Re: 5 year plan advice

Jason,

The O'Reilly books are well-regarded. I have the "Oracle PL/SQL Programming" book by Steven Feuerstein and Bill Pribyl. I recommend ordering the Oracle 9i Release 2 CDs for $40 from the Oracle store so that you have something to work with for learning/testing purposes.

I have a comprehensive set of database install, build, backup, recovery and documentation files on my web site which you might find helpful. These would give you an idea of what is involved with setting up and maintaining production databases:
http://www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net/products/installgen/installgen_files_win90 1.html

There is also a demo of the application which produces these files: http://www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net/downloads/demo_software/index.html

David Simpson
www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net
"Jason Malrick" <theinternetjob_at_onebox.com> wrote in message news:e14bb14d.0205272017.2ddc31ac_at_posting.google.com...
> Im 21 I work as a nocc tech and my 5 year plan is to be a Oracle DBA.
> Right now im trying to lay the ground work, a Oracle DBA I knew told
> me a while back Unix background is smiled apon. So im in the proccess
> of getting my Solaris Network and System admin certs right now. Im
> looking for advice on what I should learn now to become the best
> Oracle DBA i can be later.
>
> Any recommened books or applications I should learn or languages etc.
> would be appreciated.
>
> Jason
Received on Tue May 28 2002 - 16:04:39 CEST