[thelist] Oracle learning curve?
Daniel J. Cody
djc at starkmedia.com
Wed Sep 5 16:06:51 CDT 2001
Frank -
I've worked with DB2, MySQL, Oracle, and a bit of Postgresql now and I
don't see any huge learning curves in learning Oracle..
If you're talking Oracle syntax that is.. :)
Its got its share of built in functions(most of which *rock*) and that
sort of stuff, but like you mention, there are bound to be some differences.
If you're talking about admin'ing an Oracle server, thats a whole
different ballgame. Oracle has more tuning parameters than any other DB
i've ever worked with, and sometimes there a bit much to deal with.
OTOH, this is what makes Oracle the DB of choice for large org's and
enterprises. :)
Shout if you have more specific questions :)
.djc.
Frank wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of adding Oracle to my learning curve. I've already got
> experience with Access, MySQL, FileMakerPro, 4D. Just how big of a leap
> to oracle is this?
>
> My initial impressions are that a database is a database and that there
> are bound to be some differences, but if one has a solid foundation,
> that it really shouldn't be a big deal. The differences might be
> analogous to the differences in the *nix, Mac and Win OSs.
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