Re: Advise needed: Can I use/learn Oracle quickly?

Erwin Moller <since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much_at_spamyourself.com> wrote in message news:<402cf776$0$570$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>...
> sPh wrote:
>
> > I was thrown into an Oracle situation with less experience than you
> > have now, and given a mandate to "make it work". Which I did, so I
> > guess it IS possible ;-)
>
> Hehe,
> My first experience with any database was like that too.
> I was called in to fix a 'minor javascriptproblem'.
> Turned out that the DB wasn't responding (properly).
> So after 3 hours of work, gazing at poorly written VBscipt, I told my
> customer: "It is not in the Javascript, so I better leave, let somebody fix
> that database. I'll send you a very small 3hours bill."
> He responded: "WHO will fix that?? I am in a hurry. I want you to fix it."
> I told him I never touched a database, and he better get in somebody who
> actually did, but he didn't give in, so I started to learn SQL on Sybase.
> :-)
>

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> Regards and respect,
> Erwin Moller

Does everyone with more than a few years experience have a story like this?

Mine was somewhat different. I did get training on the first DB I used, but my boss (and the ONLY other programmer on that system) left about 3months after I started. So my job was primarily: don't break it!

Thankfully I learned ORACLE as part of researching Databases for a client company to use. really looking into the underlying technology and the feature sets at that time made ORACLE the clear winner for their needs. But I also learned enough that ORACLE is not best for ALL needs, especially given the costs.

Good luck Erwin!
  Ed Received on Mon Feb 16 2004 - 13:26:20 CST