I hope you also got a big raise in the process. You are about to lose a lot
of free time. I just had to call our SR DBA in from vacation to
troubleshoot a problem we were having. We also get to do upgrades and
maintenance on weekends (Life, What life?) I do not envy your position at
all. Without someone to mentor you, you will have to learn a lot from all
the manuals. See if you can at least get some basic oracle classes paid for
by your employer or be prepared to read a lot! Good luck.
Kelly-Anne Frendo <kfrendo_at_bvb.gi> wrote in message
news:A3C801763DAFD411A57900508B9AAF97291B_at_HEARTOFGOLD...
>
> I have been given an existing Oracle database, which I will need to
maintain
> and administer.
> However, I know nothing about the database files, locations, table
> structure, service names, etc.
> All I know is a username and password, and I have no experience with
Oracle
> 7.3
>
> Any pointers on how I can connect to the database, find out where it is so
> that I know what to back up, and look at the tables, etc. would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Kel
>
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