Just finished college, have got a job where my responsibilities will include, DW reporting and oracle manufacturing,and the responsibilities will grow as the company is just switching to an all oracle system. I dont know a whole pile about things yet but am learning somthing new everyday, <br><br>So the question what is it like? Am i able for the role ( i was never a great programmer in college). What are the best things i can do to get real good at the job and what is the best(fastest route to gaining the DBA certification?<br><br>Any help would be gratly appreciatated<br><br>Thanks<br><br>
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advice for a trainee DBA please
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Hi,<br><br>Well - Welcome to Oracle then <smile>.<br><br>You could do worse than monitor the Tek-Tips Oracle forums (keep an eye on the Oracle 5/6/7 as most issues that come up are not version specific).<br><br>When I started with Oracle I bought the book "Oracle the complete Reference" which, while being far from complete, is very good.<br><br>First thing to do, I suggest, is look at the Server Concepts book in the Oracle Documentation. Leave the certification for six months - you'll get more out of it if you leave it for a while. <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href= Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>
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My advice would be to avoid the back end of Manufacturing (& all Oracle Applications) like the plague and focus on the warehousing side. Ora Apps DBAs make decent $ but it's not a very exciting job (can be summarized as step 1: create TAR on MetaLink, step 2: run adpatch, step 3: go to step 1). If you're serious about becoming OCP then without question the best preparation (in lieu of experience, of course 
is the NETg CBT series for OCP. They're not cheap but the tests are almost verbatim from them (at least they were when I took them) and if you're a newbie you'll actually learn a lot too. I would suggest that you have a play instance/database available as you do the CBTs though as there's no substitute for having actually pushed the buttons.
is the NETg CBT series for OCP. They're not cheap but the tests are almost verbatim from them (at least they were when I took them) and if you're a newbie you'll actually learn a lot too. I would suggest that you have a play instance/database available as you do the CBTs though as there's no substitute for having actually pushed the buttons.- Status
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