Re: Advice for newbie getting into DBA admin.

<dknite_at_mindspring.com> wrote in message news:8im2hf$3vj$1_at_slb6.atl.mindspring.net...
> Hello,
>
> I have recently decided that I want to become an oracle dba.
> I have been in accounting for most of my career and want to make the
 switch
> to the tech side. I have worked briefly at by old job doing some system
> admin. I think that our system was using Oracle 7.03 in top of a unix
 box.
>
> I want to do some study at home to see if I really like this or not. Can
> anyone suggest which version of oracle to start on Oracle8 or Oracle 8i
 and
> what version of unix I should use. I know that there are about 6 flavors
 of
> unix out there. I want to set up my own database at home and try and
 learn
> from there before I spend thousands of smackers going to oracle class.

I'd suggest 8i, but frankly I think you might be better off with 8i Release 2 (better known as 8.1.6). As you describe your situation, I think it possibly short-sighted to begin by learning a version of the product that is already one behind the eight ball. Forget 8 completely.

As for UNix, well... it's up to you. I have to tell you that a year ago, about 75 to 80 per cent of my classes would be Unix users of one variety or another. These days, the percentages are far more nearly 50:50 Unix/NT. And NT is a doddle to set up at home. Horses for courses, though, and if you are already comfortable with Unix, fair enough. There are lots of Linux people out there doing it at home (an arrestable offence, I suspect), and Solaris is popular on the courses I run, too.

Regards
HJR
>
> Most appreciated
> David
>
>
>
Received on Tue Jun 20 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT