Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 06:19:35 -0500 Reply-To: "Mark C. Stock" From: "Mark C. Stock" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc References: <41403558$0$22755$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> Subject: Re: Developer to Oracle DBA? Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 07:19:28 -0400 Organization: Enquery, Incorporated X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: Lines: 50 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.57.98.189 X-Trace: sv3-NVTaJ3+krIJMVe2UZzeYZ7Flnz+5PFifwy8qZcsd6+SMG8071LxdxnxidJdzDS8F6D5kCeLx/9DSy3S!LeeJZ9IB36gray6iC2PJHY0qwWolrBzhS80AZVSodBYybo/9BMmYLJpGzMO+ X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.13 Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.misc:112538 "Craig" wrote in message news:41403558$0$22755$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... | I'm currently a Delphi Developer (some PHP too) working with mySQL and SQL | Server (And Paradox! Yuk!). Not enjoying it anymore, and wondering if it | would be a good move at 30 years old, to do an Oracle course (Never even | seen Oracle before!). Most of my Development till now has been DB apps, so | my standard SQL is good. Delphi work is pretty hard to come by at the moment | (Scotland), and also possibly relocating back to South Africa. | | Can anyone advise? | | Maybe point me out a few courses in the UK or SA that would be beneficial? | Most jobs, though, seem to require 2 years exp in Oracle, before then even | sniff at you. Can anyone advise me on how to fix that!? :) | | And finally, is there a 'demo' version of Oracle that can run on my Windows | PC that I can play with and try and get SOME knowldege about before doing a | course? | | Thanks guys, | Craig | | 30? old dog! can you still learn new tricks? (yes, keep getting educated) you can download oracle and oracle tools from http://otn.oracle.com get any of Stever Fuerenstein's books on PL/SQL subscribe to Oracle magazine peruse the OTN site for samples and tutorials Oracle Corp classes are always a good fallback if no-one can recommend alternatives need oracle experience? try to leverage your SQL and industry-specific experience to get into a shop that is moving to oracle -- but as a developer, not a DBA (that takes a lot longer and takes real oracle experience) ++ mcs