Re: Need advice on learning Oracle

From: John Claxton <claxton_at_networkessentials.com>
Date: 23 Feb 2002 11:13:24 -0800
Message-ID: <2e257b19.0202231113.6b96299d@posting.google.com>

Fank,

     Previous post says it best - nothing beats real world experience.
     You can learn a lot from a linux/oracle combination. We have

clients that are using that technology in business critical environments. But you will learn best if you're in a production environment with developer interaction. That should cover all the bases.

     You probably already know enough generic SQL to get a great start on learning those things that make Oracle Oracle ... like SQl*Plus and PL/SQL. That will be a good place to start.

     You'll need to know about Net8 in the real world, so you made need 2 linux/oracle boxes.

     Performance tuing, both of the database and the code is critical to keep a production system running smoothly. One little query can

dog a system, and a poorly tuned system costs a company real dollars.
     Finally, there's all the dba work required: adding datafiles,
adding users, assigning roles, working with sysadmins, etc, etc, etc.
     I've just covered the topics in Oracle's Certification program
for DBAs.  A path you might want to consider.
     Toward that  end, you may want to visit our web site, where there

are over 1,000 sample questions:
http://www.networkessentials.com/certified/ocp jc
"frank" <frankw_at_qd.lucent.com> wrote in message news:<a525qu$ksc_at_nntpb.cb.lucent.com>...
> Hello,
> I am an dba of SQL Server in my company now, and I want to grasp Oracle, I
> have years of programming experience, I have read the Oracle Administrator's
> Guide of the Online Documentation, I want to know what should I read next,
> since there are too many in the Online Documentation, please be kindly give
> me a hint on this.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Frank
Received on Sat Feb 23 2002 - 13:13:24 CST