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Oracle DBA

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  • 28-09-2009 11:07am
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    Brady
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭


    Hey Guys,

    Im looking to get started in DBA, was thinking about going down the oracle route, does anyone have any tips on where to start or has anyone gone down that route that could offer advice?.

    Thanks


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    mark renton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,696 ✭✭✭mark renton


    I'm no DBA but I work with Oracle Apps

    I would suggets going to any of the oracle forums as they are more specialized - also try get somewhere to take you on as a work placement if you have no experience


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    Ginger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Ginger


    The user Tom_Dunne is an Oracle DBA as far as I know and he will probably know a lot more about this


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Ginger wrote: »
    The user Tom_Dunne is an Oracle DBA as far as I know and he will probably know a lot more about this

    That was true up to six weeks ago. :D

    I started off in IT Helpdesk support, went on to 2nd level support and then specialised in Oracle databases. I had a number of jobs involving Oracle, including DBA, Data Warehousing, Oracle developer (specifically, PL/SQL) and then Oracle Consultant (which also branched into Oracle App server). I started off as a junior DBA, then worked my way along as I gained experience.

    You need two things - experience and certification. The Oracle 10g certification consists of one mandatory 5-day course and three exams. Don't do what I did and assume you can pass the exams purely from reading a book/practicing exercises. You really, really need real world experience to pass the exams.

    For now, I wouldn't recommend 11g simply because most places are either running 10g, or moving to 10g. You will only find a few places brave enough to go to 11g.

    You can download the full Enterprise Edition database from Oracle and install it on a virtual machine to play around.

    Any more questions, feel free to ask.


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    #5
    Brady
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭Brady


    Very helpful thanks!


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