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 09:09:41 -0500 Reply-To: "Mark C. Stock" From: "Mark C. Stock" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc References: <41403558$0$22755$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> <41405c7f$0$22762$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> Subject: Re: Developer to Oracle DBA? Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 10:09:28 -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: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.57.98.189 X-Trace: sv3-QSOIJCO1JlMxuTZDUa0trbYxaOyCbrIabs5P4i4wcOOS7zxj8STiDi1x7/XCe1gml4W/Ec6hG8HUkAG!4qw101k0Ev0MsAhNDV0f/VkSkg/7asX9rMxsG7bnHiV2XEN/8sgvB6EjsSuV 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:112547 "Craig" wrote in message news:41405c7f$0$22762$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... | Thanks for that.. | | Downloading the server now (When does it ask for my credit card!?) | | Also downloading ORacle by Example. | | 30 too old!? | Tell me you're kidding!! :) | | Will look into (cheap) books or online tutorials. | | You say a DBA is harder for a beginner than a DBA? i assume you meant 'developer' much more is expected of a DBA than a developer -- kind of like 747 pilot vs flight attendant ;-) -- mcs