Definitely #6. I've learned more from conferences that anywhere else. If nothing else you get to drink with the people from the list :), i' ll be at IOUG.
joe Jesse, Rich wrote: >OK, from the responses, here's The Plan: > >1) Get beer. I prefer Guinness or Goose Island. Done. > >2) Get Oracle Perf Tuning 101. Done. > >3) Get more beer. > >4) Beat up on some test DBs, and work on real live DBs to engrain that >class material into the surviving brain cells (see Step 1). Sorta done with >this one, but I need more. The 22 DBs here at work and 1 at home ought to >help! > >5) Get more beer. > >6) Go to Oracle conferences. I need to go!!!! > >7) Get more beer. > >8) Hit the web, preferrably with beer in non-mouse hand. (Wisconsin >twin-can beer hat optional) > >9) Go to Internals class and actually understand and learn from it. >Yay! > >10) Get lots more beer. > >11) Actually do some work here. > > >Sounds good folks. I think I'm on the right track (sans beer at work, of >course), with my Oracle course work completed over a year ago, and some DBA >"experiences" under my belt. Time to plunk away at more DBs! > >Thanks! :) > >Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA >President, Beer Ale Lager Lovers Society >http://www.westbend.net/~legoman > > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:58 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >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: Joseph S Testa 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).
