Good Oracle Intro

themistry · 21 Dec 2006 at 12:16

Hi guys,

I need a good and quick intro into Oracle. Basically a functional overview and not a down to the ground heres how todo everything.

Any pointers to books or links to get me on the way?

Bit of background. Going into a meeting with a product that is oracle based. Im going to have to know to a certain degree Oracle termanology (i.e. a partition table) and what they do.

I thought a dummies book would have been good, however it seems there isn't one for Oracle 10g, which appears to be the latest version.

Thanks for any help,
TM

Haircut · 21 Dec 2006 at 13:06

Intro to what, programming (i.e. Oracle SQL and PL/SQL) or more DBA oriented stuff?

themistry · 21 Dec 2006 at 14:09

Haircut said:
Intro to what, programming (i.e. Oracle SQL and PL/SQL) or more DBA oriented stuff?

DBA Oriented Stuff. Im not really interested in programming. Im coming from a SQL Server background, so, I just need a grounding in how to manage an Oracle server.

Thanks
TM

sniper007 · 21 Dec 2006 at 14:54

themistry said:
DBA Oriented Stuff. Im not really interested in programming. Im coming from a SQL Server background, so, I just need a grounding in how to manage an Oracle server.

Thanks
TM

Thats not a quick thing tbh and not doable via quick reading imo. How long have you got?

themistry · 21 Dec 2006 at 16:49

sniper007 said:
Thats not a quick thing tbh and not doable via quick reading imo. How long have you got?

About 3 weeks. I just need a decent resource to flick through. I will not be maintaining these systems, but I need to be able to communicate with the people that do.

Thanks for your help,
TM

Haircut · 21 Dec 2006 at 16:53

If you've got 3 weeks then I would suggest something like this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oracle-Data...f=pd_ka_1/202-5168493-8824605?ie=UTF8&s=books

It may seem like a lot but Oracle is a completely different beast to SQL Server and if you want to be any use (even just communicating with them effectively) you'll need to do a fair bit of studying.

Oracle DBAs don't command good salaries for no reason.

themistry · 21 Dec 2006 at 19:31

Haircut said:
If you've got 3 weeks then I would suggest something like this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oracle-Data...f=pd_ka_1/202-5168493-8824605?ie=UTF8&s=books

It may seem like a lot but Oracle is a completely different beast to SQL Server and if you want to be any use (even just communicating with them effectively) you'll need to do a fair bit of studying.

Oracle DBAs don't command good salaries for no reason.

Thanks Haircut, a good reference is what I was after. Purchased.

TM