Re: Learn Oracle in three days?

mwilkinson_jr_at_yahoo.com (Michael Wilkinson) wrote in news:5d7c58cb.0205121625.3acf40c3_at_posting.google.com:

> Greetings - masters of table extents, and other things arcane. This
> neophyte has a ludicrous question for you: Is it possible for me to
> learn oracle in three days or less? I've worked with other RDBMS in
> the past, and know the difference between a fragment and a chunk, but
> my first pass through the oracle documentation had convinced me that I
> might have just entered into seventh circle of hell.
>
> Why three days you ask? Well, I've just found out that's how long I
> have before I have to take delivery of a product from an outsourcer
> that uses oracle as a backend. I'm not a DBA myself, but our in-house
> DBAs only know Informix and some MSSQL and are already running for
> cover, leaving the young and foolish (that's me) holding the bullseye.
> Since I figure the thing will chug along on own for a few days (it's
> got to at least work for a few hours for the outsource company to
> prove that it works) my first concern is obviously logical logging and
> backups.
>
> If you were in my shoes, what books and tools would you recommend I
> have to survive this suicidal oracle piano drop?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> - MW

It is considered Good Form (TM) to always include in your posts the OS type & version, plus Oracle version#.

WRT backups, simply shutdown the database and do regular OS backups & the CYA effort is complete.

HTH & YMMV HAND! Received on Sun May 12 2002 - 20:17:42 CDT