OakRogbak_erPine_at_yahoo.com Kill the 2 trees in email address to reply wrote:
> GUI tools would be Enterprise Manager, DBA Studio (both Oracle
> products for DBAs) and TOAD (by Quest). I would stick to the command
> line mode for now using SQLPLUS (Oracle program). If you learn on a
> GUI, then teach them, then they are going to want those tools as well.
> They are not toys, they are for administrators and developers.
> I don't know about evaluation software since my employeer bought
> everthing. I think you can get something from Oracle that lets you
> evaluate it, check their website.
> Get a Dummies or learn in 30 days type book that gives you an overall
> explanation of how things work, then get something as a reference
> where you can look up the exact syntax for the commands that might be
> slightly different from what you know.
Do my eyes deceive me? Are you suggesting someone paper over near
total ignorance with a GUI?
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Received on Wed Feb 11 2004 - 17:48:29 CST
