Quote Originally Posted by wannabelean
Its all in the subject folks. Coming from an MSCE background, the programming I've done is very little to nothing and it certainly does not interest me whatsover. I'd like to know if you guys think its a good idea to go the DBA way keeping in the view the circumstances.

Thank you and I look forward to all your opinions

R
I think you're maybe going about this in the wrong way. Are you a logical, organised person or can you learn to become one? PL/SQL is a particularly easy language to learn and I certainly wouldn't let a lack of programming experience put you off becoming a dba.

There are other DBA attributes more important than being an ace programmer, however as all the others have said, at some point you'll want to accomplish certain tasks that lend themselves to shell scripts, PL/SQL or maybe Perl or Java.

But, when they occur just look at them as opportunities to learn - that's one of the perks of being a DBA, there's always more stuff to learn. If learning new things every day doesn't interest you then look for a different career path.