Re: rookie question

SQL is easy. Think of it as speaking english with an eastern European accent. I have a lot of Russian friends, and some of them sound like SQL. If you're going to go with Oracle, I would pick up a copy of Oracle: The Complete Reference. It's a good beginner's book and has a lot of easy to find information that I still use infrequently.

I think as a DBA, you will enjoy Oracle more than some of the others. One of the great things about Oracle is that all the data you need to run and maintain it is stored in system tables. If you've ever had to use MSSQL and all the sp_whatever procedures it has, you will really enjoy the flexibility of Oracle.

It really will not take long to start feeling comfortable with Oracle, but please let me give you one piece of advice: forget everything you think you know about databases-- just start over.

I have seen too many people make the jump from the flat-file world to the relational dbms world and hang themselves (most of them coming from Access). They really are seperate beasts. If you find yourself in a situation where you might say "Well, in FMPro I would just do this", then you probably shouldn't do it.

Some of your previous experience will be a great help to you--later on! But, at the beginning, I would just take it slow and start from scratch. It's easier and ultimately faster to learn it right the first time than having to relearn it after you've invested a lot of time and effort.

If you're serious about going with Oracle, you may want to see if your company would send you out to Denver next month for the International Oracle Users Group. That would be a great opportunity to learn a lot about Oracle in just a week. They have several classes just for beginners. Those and the networking you could do would be a great boost. I know it's short notice, but it's something to think about. Check it out at www.ioug.org

-Dean

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:52:41 GMT, WinterMage <firstp_at_home.com> wrote:

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>Maris Gabalins wrote:
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>> Well,
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>> SQL is actually a language to access data, unless You are thinking about MS
>> SQL. generaly your selection depends of intended use of database.
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>ah, I see. As mentioned to someone earlier, I think I am going to try
>Oracle 8, and perhaps study SQL.
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>> have fun.
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>with databases? I'll try =)
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>Sean Knox
>firstp_at_home.com
Received on Wed Mar 31 1999 - 09:12:29 CST