Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "JC" Subject: Re: Looking For Direction Message-ID: <1-udnS7PO7JAxY_RnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@earthlink.com> X-Comment-To: alt.comp.lang.java,comp.l Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.databases In-Reply-To: <_JnQn.6583$z%6.497@edtnps83> References: <_JnQn.6583$z%6.497@edtnps83> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 23 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:23:39 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303917819 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:23:39 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:23:39 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.databases:429 To: alt.comp.lang.java,comp.l > > To reiterate, I am _not_ suggesting that it's a trivial thing for a > _true_ DBA on RDBMS #1 to acquire the equivalent skills on RDBMS #2. > > AHS > I agree absolutely. My first exposure to one was in the late eighties with dBase III Plus on a stand-alone PC. That was actually when I first taught myself programming (with use of a ref manual of course); even before college. I later went on to R:Base; also on a stand-alone PC. Actually, everything I do on Oracle I learned on my own. And I think this was only possible due to a limited amount of formal training on Sybase and T/SQL. -JC --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24