Re: recent drivel posted by Tony Rogerson on his blog
- From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:36:11 -0700
On Sep 30, 3:32 am, "Tony Rogerson" <tonyroger...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What a yoke Mr. Rogerson is, self-appointed 'expert'!
No you are wrong, I'm not an expert in oracle - I'm a novice - absolutely
100% which is why I wanted to start learning some of it to counter some
rubbish Denial Again Morgan posted.
To my suprise I found the documentation very very poor, very hard to follow
for somebody trying to find how to do 'x'.
You don't want to start by skimming an index. That is one of the
reasons that oracle has provided a concepts manual.
Try using the concepts manual for certain areas to drive into a deeper
understanding.
It's fine if you want to look up the syntax of a command but if you really
want to find out how to do something without a starting point it's time
consuming and difficult.
Using google along with metalink and asktom.oracle.com along with the
oracle supplied documentation works pretty well.
Can you use only the oracle supplied doc? Absolutely and some people
do prefer it that way. But there are alternatives.
I think other people agree with me here based on private feedback I've had
via my blog, talking with other folks and feedback on the oracle forums.
I think 21 years developing, 5 of them on DB2 and the rest on SQL Server,
the level of interaction I have with leading experts in the SQL Server field
and the amount of training I have received and continue to receive pretty
much classifies me as an expert, my clients and peers see me as one - but
that is in SQL Server and nothing else.
Dunno about SQL Server experts I have done ( not recently at all )
some time on projects on that platform.
The varied experience you have probably gets some a good start on
learning oracle. Along with the concepts manual I would also
recommend you read the first 10 chapters of Tom Kyte's new book
( think it's Expert Architecture 10g or similar don't have a copy at
home ).
In that book Tom does a very nice job of illustrating some of the
major differences in architecture between several relational products
and how that would/should influence how you use those products.
I don't have an up-to-date resume because people come to me via my blog,
name referal and through being known as an expert in the SQL UK community;
but if you like I can send you the last one I did some 10 years ago now.
--
Tony Rogerson, SQL Server MVPhttp://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/tonyrogerson
[Ramblings from the field from a SQL consultant]http://sqlserverfaq.com
[UK SQL User Community]
It is unfortunate that clowns like Baker and Morgan spend so much time
attempting to spin and shape cdos.
.
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