Plz help me.

Hi,
I am a software engineer. I got my training in J2EE and Oracle. But
now i am working on database only. i dont have to code. i m doing
regression testing only. my friends suggested me to switch to oracle.
now i m trying to study more about oracle.

My question is which book should i study - oracle 9i or 10g ? what
will be useful to me because i m going to complete my 1 year in IT
industry in coming November.

U guys r experienced. plz suggest me what should i do. i m not working
on java so i think i need to study oracle only. plz help me. i m very
much confused.

On Aug 26, 8:47*am, love wrote:
> Hi,
> I am a software engineer. I got my training in J2EE and Oracle. But
> now i am working on database only. i dont have to code. i m doing
> regression testing only. my friends suggested me to switch to oracle.
> now i m trying to study more about oracle.
>
> My question is which book should i study - oracle 9i or 10g ? what
> will be useful to me because i m going to complete my 1 year in IT
> industry in coming November.
>
> U guys r experienced. plz suggest me what should i do. i m not working
> on java so i think i need to study oracle only. plz help me. i m very
> much confused.

All of them, from 9i through to 11g. And a ton of other books,
notably those from Tom Kyte, Jonathan Lewis, Steven Feuerstein,
coupled with hands-on experience. And don't throw Java away - Oracle
has Java VM inside and goes along with Java pretty well. Don't narrow
your skillset - expand it, learn new things whenever you can,
experiment with what you learned, and your persistence will eventually
pay out.

My $0.02.

Regards,
Vladimir M. Zakharychev
N-Networks, makers of Dynamic PSP(tm)
http://www.dynamicpsp.com

On Aug 26, 12:47*am, love wrote:
> Hi,
> I am a software engineer. I got my training in J2EE and Oracle. But
> now i am working on database only. i dont have to code. i m doing
> regression testing only. my friends suggested me to switch to oracle.
> now i m trying to study more about oracle.
>
> My question is which book should i study - oracle 9i or 10g ? what
> will be useful to me because i m going to complete my 1 year in IT
> industry in coming November.
>
> U guys r experienced. plz suggest me what should i do. i m not working
> on java so i think i need to study oracle only. plz help me. i m very
> much confused.

You really should "want to" develop strong oracle coding skills.

Strong developers who can produce scalable well performing
applications in oracle make eventually good candidates for becoming
( eventually ) a strong oracle dba.

No free lunch in oracle land well except at Open World.

On Aug 26, 3:22*pm, hpuxrac wrote:
> On Aug 26, 12:47*am, love wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I am a software engineer. I got my training in J2EE and Oracle. But
> > now i am working on database only. i dont have to code. i m doing
> > regression testing only. my friends suggested me to switch to oracle.
> > now i m trying to study more about oracle.
>
> > My question is which book should i study - oracle 9i or 10g ? what
> > will be useful to me because i m going to complete my 1 year in IT
> > industry in coming November.
>
> > U guys r experienced. plz suggest me what should i do. i m not working
> > on java so i think i need to study oracle only. plz help me. i m very
> > much confused.
>
> You really should "want to" develop strong oracle coding skills.
>
> Strong developers who can produce scalable well performing
> applications in oracle make eventually good candidates for becoming
> ( eventually ) a strong oracle dba.
>
> No free lunch in oracle land well except at Open World.

John refers with Open World to the Oracle Open World Conference, where
a full conference pass is $2,495.

But after that, the lunch is free!

On Aug 25, 9:47*pm, love wrote:
> Hi,
> I am a software engineer. I got my training in J2EE and Oracle. But
> now i am working on database only. i dont have to code. i m doing
> regression testing only. my friends suggested me to switch to oracle.
> now i m trying to study more about oracle.
>
> My question is which book should i study - oracle 9i or 10g ? what
> will be useful to me because i m going to complete my 1 year in IT
> industry in coming November.
>
> U guys r experienced. plz suggest me what should i do. i m not working
> on java so i think i need to study oracle only. plz help me. i m very
> much confused.

Don't talk in IM-speak, it makes you look bad. See
http://www.dbaoracle.net/readme-cdos.htm

I'd say concentrate on 10g, but with the proviso that a lot of the
docs emphasize GUI, and you really want to drill down deeper and
figure out what is going on at the command line level. Re-read the
Concepts manual, then download 10g for yourself and work through the
examples in Tom Kyte's books, then the other books Vladimir
mentioned. Look at the various resources mentioned in the link above
to see what issues you should understand. hpuxrac makes a good point
about coding skills, you should be conversant with explain plans and
trace files, be able to come up with test cases quickly, and dream in
PL/SQL.

jg
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