Rich, The best Oracle training I've ever had by far is "playing around" with a small test DB on a laptop or PC. Stress it, hurt it, recover it, tune it, etc., etc. When done in conjunction with one of the fine books mentioned by others on this list - even better.
I've only had one official Oracle training course - in the spring of 1989. It was 4-1/2 days of RDBMS v5, SQL*Forms and RPT/RPF. Since then I've attended some of the "mini" courses at IOUG, ODTUG, Open World, etc. - nice little "hits" of the latest technologies. I "studied" for my Oracle8 OCP exams by working through Jason Couchman's book and beating up an 8.0.5 DB on my PC - learned a hell of a lot. My on-going study plan for Oracle skills boils down to "Beating, Browsing and Books". - Beat up a test database - Browse fine Web sites like Steve Adams' IXORA (and beat up the DB) - Buy and read good books (and beat up the DB) I think I've learned about as much as if I'd sat in a bunch of classes - and saved a pile of money. ;-) Jack -------------------------------- Jack C. Applewhite Database Administrator/Developer OCP Oracle8 DBA iNetProfit, Inc. Austin, Texas www.iNetProfit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (512)327-9068 -----Original Message----- Sent: 07 February 2002 21:07 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L So, there I am. I've taken the main Oracle courses -- Intro to SQL, DBA (Oracle 7!), Backup & Recovery, Network Admin, and Perf Tuning. Now where do I go for more Oracle training? This is sparked by a recent perceived lag in one of our new databases. We've tracked it down to a possible hot block or two, but I never used X$BH or V$LATCH_CHILDREN in any of my Oracle classes. And I *know* I'm far from being ready for an Internals class. So how do I get from here to there? education.oracle.com doesn't seem to have a whole lot other than Internals. Or is that where I'm at now? Confused and no beer. Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jack C. Applewhite INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
