From: "Van Messner" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.tools References: <3a350a61.89379370@news.bellatlantic.net> Subject: Re: Learning Oracle Designer Lines: 26 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: <2mdZ5.673$LR2.41544@monger.newsread.com> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:23:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.179.16.43 X-Complaints-To: Abuse Role , We Care X-Trace: monger.newsread.com 976577022 216.179.16.43 (Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:23:42 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:23:42 EST Organization: BestWeb (bestweb.net) The tutorial is worthless. The online documentation is good but awkward to read and badly indexed. There are two Oracle press books, neither as up to date as 6i, but both are still useful. There is so much to Designer you may want to start with core functionality, the CASE tool, then add more to it as you learn more - process modeling, dataflows, forms, reports, web pages etc. Pick a small, very small project, and try to get it to work. Van wrote in message news:3a350a61.89379370@news.bellatlantic.net... > I am new to using Oracle Designer 6i would like to know what would be > the best strategy for me to get up to speed on the use of this tool. > I just completed the tutorial and believe that it only scratches the > surface of Designer's functionality. It seems to just take the user > through the motions of the process without explaining the > relationships between each of the tools subcomponents. Can anyone > recommend some reference material that is designed for the beginner > and clearly describes the process and methodology for application > modeling using desinger, and discusses the interrelationship of each > of the components. Thanks!! > > Chris