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| aneesh_bhatia 2001-04-11, 5:01 am |
| Hi guys,
Well just having a little career conflicts here, so I thought I should ask you guys to see what you guys think.
I recently completed my masters in MIS (from an avg University), but felt that I did not get much technical information as a certification would give. I wanted to move into the database area, since I enjoyed the courses that covered this topic in the University. So I have the basic knowledge about databases (SQL, Access etc).
Assuming that there is no constraint on time or money that I can spend on these courses, what should be the ideal track to be followed which would greatly improve my chances of getting a job in the databases field. Should I start with Oracle DBA or developer, or as some have mentioned SQL Server(MCDBA). Also another point to consider would be that I have no working experience in Oracle or SQL Server.
Thanks,
KM
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| Randy 2001-04-27, 10:28 am |
| I would go for Oracle DBA, personally. It isn't that hard to learn but a lot more powerful than Access. | |
| ccieToBe 2001-05-06, 5:54 pm |
| It's hard to say. As I've been told over and over again "SQL is SQL". It would probably be a good idea to have at least a basic understanding of most of the major offerings.
I'd probably go with Oracle. MySQL's growing quickly in popularity so that's a real posibility too if you plan on working in a Unix environment. SQL server and Access are both fairly easy to use, but aren't so great performance wise. | |
| Nicole 2001-05-07, 9:50 am |
| Unfortunately, SQL is not SQL... all of the SQL-based databases have their own versions, some of which are more compliant to the ANSI standard than others. (There are two standards, actually, one is an update of the other.) Surprisingly, Access/SQL Server seems to be the most compliant to the SQL2 standard.
But there are a lot of similarities, so if you learned SQL Server, for example, you'd have a head start on Oracle, and vice-versa. Keeping them straight in your head in the hard part though  |
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