Re: Becoming ORACLE DBA

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 01:21:19 +0000, IANAL_VISTA interested us by writing:

> HansF <News.Hans_at_telus.net> wrote in
> news:pan.2005.07.03.00.24.11.845154_at_telus.net:
> [...snip...]

>> 
>> I encourage OP to read chapter 1 of the Database Administration Guide
>> where the various roles are described. After reading that, and
>> realizing that a DBA needs to be aware of (and generaly competent in)
>> all the roles, the OP should ask again whether he wants to become a
>> DBA. 

Thanks. To add to that - the link is for Oracle Database 10g Release 1 - for more generic access, start at http://docs.oracle.com (or http://tahiti.oracle.com) and drill into the version of choice.

To OP - the reason it takes years, is because no one can plow through the 55,000 pages of documentation (per version, per product set) in less time. And the reason DBAs are paid 'well' is to provide compensation for the required optometrist/opthomologist visits.

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