Re: Newbie Where To Start?

Aquila Deus wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I want to learn Oracle and I have some experience (dev, not admin) on
> SQL Server and Firebird/Interbase before, would anyone suggest me where
> to start? Also, can I change the JRE used by Oracle to the Sun's v1.5?

If you truly want to learn Oracle then learn Oracle which means your only tool is SQL*Plus for the first year or more.

My suggestion is to start with the Concepts and Architecture docs at http://tahiti.oracle.com to unlearn much if not most of what you think you know. Oracle is not even close to being SQL Server by a different company. And the more you know the more you will realize how completely different they are and how completely different PL/SQL is from TSQL.

Given your background good books to start with are the one's authored by Tom Kyte.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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