Re: Drowning in Oracle...{Extreme Newbie}

If you are starting with Oracle I think you are way deep, because there are some basics you will want to get. Oracle covers lots o details which you might get bogged down with. I suggest getting "Understanding SQL" by Martin Gruber and start with something lightweight like Paradox.

brian

On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:30:25 -0600, "Kelly R. Kerr" <interactive_at_multi-scribe.com> wrote:

>Hey all!
>
>Can anyone tell me some good resources to find out the "basics" of
>Oracle 8. (Like how to create a db, how to enter data into that db, and
>
>how to manipulate the data once I have it entered?) I know these may
>seem like simple questions, but I have been trying to get through
>"Oracle8: A Beginner's Guide" as well as the "Oracle Documentation" and
>
>for some reason it is not sinking in.
>
>Basically what I am looking for is a step by step list of how to set up
>a db and then access it. (As usual time is not on my side.) Any help
>would be greatly appreciated.

"For every complex problem, there is
a solution that is simple, neat, and
wrong." -- H. L. Mencken Received on Mon Jan 11 1999 - 00:00:00 CET