Re: Where to start to become a DBA

From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2 Apr 2007 05:34:44 -0700
Message-ID: <1175517284.902460.24990@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>

On Apr 1, 10:47 am, "dhans" <dhan..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am Dhanasekar. Working as a system administrator.i want to
> become a DBA.i dont have any idea about oracle dba.please suggest me,
> where to start to become a DBA.
> I dont have knowledge in Softwares like sql.., etc.
>
> Kindly give your suggestions where to start?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Dhans

It's a very long journey from system administration to oracle dba.

If I were you, I would start with Tom Kyte's most recent book "Expert Oracle Database Architecture".

You really need to become expert level at oracle sql and developing oracle based applications before you can think about moving on to doing database administration IMHO. That's going to take a number of years at the minimum.

Based on where you are at currently, it sounds like a 5 to 10 year plan is in order. Received on Mon Apr 02 2007 - 07:34:44 CDT