Re: Oracle - Free Training

You can probably do it in 5 -6 months depending on your database background and all - you need to sit for 5 exams and killing one off per month (granted that you do NOT fail) it not a hard task but free - well, that's hard. You can download 8i Personal edition from oracle.com but as for the documents and all to learn - I doubt you can find them for free plastered all over the net and even if you do find them I will be weary of usingthem because: Those training guide are copyright and if they aren't close down by Oracle yet for breaching that, I will say they could be inaccurate. VampireD is right, you can't just learn theory of it, you HAVE to get down and get dirty with DBA.
I myself is now looking at some books I can get to learn Oracle (IDG etc) cause I found out last nite that the set I have got are incomplete. When/if I find a good set for a good price, I will be more than willing to EMail you about the price and all if you like.

Arthur

On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 18:06:21 GMT, VampireD <vampired_at_my-deja.com> wrote:

>If you plan on becoming an Oracle DBA in 6 months, and you expect to be
>free, you will find you will have a hard time getting anywhere.
>
>Oracle is a complex system, it isn't something that you can just learn
>reading on the net. Specially if you don't have real world experience
>and databases you can work on and experiment.
>
>To be honest, if your attitude is to learn this using free websites and
>tutorials online, I doubt you will find yourself in a dba position.
>That approach is ok for becoming familar with oracle, especially as a
>programmer, but to become a dba, it is fairly different, specially with
>all that is involved in it. Not to mention wanting to do this in 6
>months. Paying $12,000 and going to the 5 Oracle courses is about a 6
>month process.
>
>In article <stmj7sq8ksre92_at_corp.supernews.com>,
> varghese <varghese_at_bhartient.com> wrote:
>> I am planning to learn Oracle and would like to become a DBA within a
 6
>> months time. I would like to visit some free sites and download free
 or
>> trial versions of hands-on training programs. Anyone can help me out
 to see
>> these free sites? - Varghese
>>
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>
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>Christopher R. Spence
>OCP, MCP, MCSE, A+, RAPTOR, CNA
>
>
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>Before you buy.
  Received on Wed Oct 04 2000 - 22:21:39 CDT