Xref: alice comp.databases.oracle.server:50655 Path: alice!news-feed.fnsi.net!news.idt.net!newshub.northeast.verio.net!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!newsgate.cuhk.edu.hk!newsgate.netvigator.com!news.netvigator.com!usenet From: Andrew Babb Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: New at Oracle, How...? Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:12:20 +0800 Organization: Netvigator Lines: 47 Message-ID: <3748B584.6B3835FD@mail.com> References: <7i9g79$i77$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: Babak Mozaffari Hi, If you are new to Oracle, I would suggest starting of at the SQL level, and just getting to know the structure of queries under Oracle. While you are doing this, you can also discover the Data Dictionary, which you will probably find useful. Once you are upto date with the basics, then the choice is yours. Do you want to go the Application Development route, or the Database route. If you choose Application Development, then you will need to obtain Developer/2000 and possibly Designer/2000. If you go the Database route, then you will need to learn the basics of the database (database v datafiles v tablespaces), storage of the different types of objects available, backup and recovery, tuning, etc... Rgds Andrew BTW - I am from the DBA side of the table. Babak Mozaffari wrote: > Hi everyone. I'm a computer programmer in Iran, who's just beginning to > learn Oracle. I've programmed in Foxpro 2.5 mostly, though I've also > done some work in C. > > I've been told that Oracle is a very wide topic and one can't/shouldn't > just try to learn Oracle, but should rather choose a catagory like SQL > or server... > > Well, I don't really know what it's about yet, so I don't understand > this stuff. What I'm asking here is if the above is true, and if I > shouldn't try to learn the many sides to Oracle. Please also tell me > what catagories there are, which are more in demand, and which two (or > three or more) are/can usually be done by one single person. > > Thank you very much in advance, > > Babak Mozaffari > P.O.Box 15875-5819 Tehran, Iran > Fax: (98) (21) 837936 Tel: (98) (21) 228-6493 > Cellular: (98) (911) 204-4095 bmozaffari@hotmail.com > ‰ > > --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---