Re: I'm the new DBA... what now?

I took three classes with Oracle Education in Bethesda, MD: 1. Introduction to Oracle (very beginner class...i didn't really need it, but if you need to understand SQL and PL/SQL, then it may be a VERY good idea)
2. Database Administration (version 7.3) THIS CLASS IS IMPORTANT FOR UNDERSTANDING THE STRUCTURE OF ORACLE(esp. if you have a good instructor) 3. Backup and Recovery THIS CLASS IS WORTH EVERY PENNY. It really brings together everything you learned in DBA class and provides real life situations to solve.

Outside of those classes, the best books that I have found are the Oracle Press books.

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"Idiots are always more resourceful than geniuses.." -me

Philip Hallstrom <philip_at_rintintin.sierra.com> wrote in article
<5n74e1$is5$1_at_rintintin.sierra.com>...
> Hi all,
> 	I'm sure this has been asked about a million times, but I looked
> at the faqs I could find and it didn't mention it...
> 
> We finally decided we needed a real database so we went with Oracle 7 on
> SPARC Solaris (Workgroup Server).
> 
> Well, I have just about zero experience with Oracle.  I installed it,
> changed the initial passwords, bought several Oracle books (from
> Oracle), and am wondering where to go now (other than read the books :).
> 
> My situation is this - I maintain our unix boxen/webservers/ftp
> servers/etc... so we are going to be using Oracle for a lot of
> backend/cgi stuff so I'm not interested in the GUI features (building
> Windose apps) of Oracle, but more interested in just getting it to do
> what I want, be stable, and secure, etc...
> 
> And of course it all needs to be implemented by yesterday :)
> 
> So... I've looked at various classes offered by Oracle, etc..., and
> although I'm sure they'd all be useful, I don't want to waste a lot of
> time.
> 
> I'm sure some of you are in this same boat... can you shed some light on
> some good books, classes you've taken?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -philip
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> Philip Hallstrom                 Sierra On-Line, Inc.
> philip.hallstrom@sierra.com      http://www.sierra.com/
>