Re: Oracle Confusion. Please help!

Databases applications are in high demand on the internet. Amazon Bookstore, Excite, Egghead, Yahoo, e-Bay, American Red Cross, CNN Custom News and several top sites use Oracle technologies.

You can use Mac (G3 is recommended) to learn PL/SQL (Oracle implementaion of SQL). SQL*Plus has the same capabilities across plataforms.

MS-Windows NT offers more features, although several of them are OS proprietary (ActiveX and other extensions).

Personal Oracle is a standalone database. It can replicate information with other machines.
Most Oracle Server features are available in personal edition. It is widely used by mobile users.

Oracle Developer, the most popular Oracle development tool, can be deployed on the internet.
Oracle Designer (CASE) can generate complete applications. JDeveloper, developed with Borland, implements Java and database technologies. Oracle8i and Oracle Application Server are high scalable web servers.

If you need additional information on this subject feel free to contact me by email.

Regards

Breno

Ann wrote:

> O.K.
>
> I'm really hoping somebody out there can clear up all my confusion about Oracle.
>
> I'm an engineer wanting to make a caeer change to computer programming and
> Oracle developers seem to be in good demand.
>
> I'm wondering is it possible to learn Oracle on a Mac? I've been told that
> I should first learn SQL...could somebody please explain to me the
> relationship between SQL and Oracle. Is it possible to learn SQL on a Mac.
>
> I'm also confused how you can even run an Oracle program on a PC...how
> does personal Oracle work? Do you have to link up with Oracle server to
> access the database?
>
> I am also interested in internet programming and I'm wondering if Oracle
> can be used on the internet. If not...what database programs are generally
> used on the net (or in Web sites).
>
> I'm also interested in working from home. Would this be possible as an
> Oracle programmer? Would I need Windows or NT in order to do this?
>
> Any answers to the above questions would be much appreciated!!!
>
> Thank you
>
> Ann

Received on Fri Aug 06 1999 - 15:06:16 CDT