In article <35dad007.39697792_at_news.vorkuta.com>, Mich_at_vorkuta.com (Michael
Levitin) wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 1998 13:55:44 -0700, Malcolm Blackhall
> <blackhal_at_midtown.net> wrote:
>
> >STEP 2: Learn everything you can about Oracle (or, Sybase, Microsoft
SQL Server,
> >Informix, DB/2 or whatever other database system you are interested in).
> >
> >Get an evaluation of copy of Oracle and install it at home. Play with it.
> >Configure it. Program it. Don't have a computer that will run
Oracle? Buy one
> >that can! Learn everything you can from books like Oracle 8 The Complete
> >Reference and Oracle 8 DBA Handbook. At work, take advantage of any
opportunities
> >that arise to work with Oracle.
>
>
> I think, it's a "blend alley" : IMHO, it's unpossible to get real knowledge
> not on еру real systems. In this case, you can configure your Oracle DB
> forever, but if you have not practice in a real environments - it's poor
> job. Only real practice on the real systems can made real DBAs.
> >
> >
So what exactly are a DBAs responsibilities?
Received on Wed Aug 19 1998 - 11:03:25 CDT
