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Hi,

Could someone please give me more info. on the foll. 2 questions:

1) What is expected from a database developer?
2) Recommend any good books towards becoming an Oracle database developer.

Thanks

Hi

To become a good database developer you need to work on the following subjects

1) sql
2) pl/sql
3) developer 2000 (forms,reports) etc

Internet is the best way of finding lots of Information here are some of the links

http://orafaq.com/faqsql.htm

http://orafaq.com/faqplsql.htm

http://orafaq.com/faqplus.htm

http://orafaq.com/faqfrm45.htm

http://orafaq.com/faqrep.htm

http://orafaq.com/faqdes2k.htm

This are some of the faq which might be helpfull to make a start

The books you might like to refer to are

Oralce 8i complete reference by Kevin Looney,George kooch

Oracle Advanced programming by Scott Urman

Oracle PL/SQL Programming by Steven Feurestein

Hope this helped

Regards

Thanks a lot Santosh!

Hi Santosh,

Would u by any chance know of any good free online tutorials for Developer 2000 (forms, reports)....I'm comfortable with SQL & PL/SQL but have no clue about Developer 2000! Thanks

Hi

Whatever knowledge you aquire in sql and pl/sql is what you will be using extensively in Developer 2000.

There are some tutorial available when you install devloper software on ur system you can go thru those and you can allways put question in oracle development forum.Here are some of the books which you might be intrested for oracle developer and designer 2000

Oracle developer 2000 Handbook by Michael W Stowe

Oracle designer handbook by Peter Koeletzke and Paul dorsey

You will also find lots of documentation once you install the software

Hope this helped

Regards

Thanks Santosh.

You've been most helpful.

Hi Santosh,

I tried to download the developer software from technet.oracle.com but i don't know which one to download (i have windows 2000) please help!

You might have to wait until oracle releases a version for 2000. I would think that if you install the one for the NT you would have some compatibility issues poping out.

Sam

thanks sam

Hi,

Does anyone know where I can get Oracle developer 2000 to download on windows 2000? is any cd available with any book or any other way i can get hold of the software so that i can practice it?

thanks

Just to verify...

You asked about becoming an Oracle Developer. This, in my mind, means SQL and then either PL/SQL or maybe Java. If a team goes in to create an application, there will be developers for each of the multiple tiers, and these are the skills you would need to be 'the database programmer'. This has *nothing* to do with Oracle Developer. I fully consider myself a database designer and programmer and you will never find Oracle Developer 2000 on my resume.

So, I just wanted to make sure that you weren't confusing the issue. If your desire is to become an Oracle Developer programmer, then you will need, of course, to learn Oracle Developer.

If, however, you are just looking to learn how to program the Oracle database in order to be part of a development team - then Developer 2000 is pretty much irrelevant.

- Chris

Hi Chris,

1) I'm going to reformat my question: What kind of Oracle job is available with skills of SQL & PL/SQL?

2) repeat my initial question about where to get software for developer 2000

Thanks

[Edited by learning5 on 06-22-2001 at 02:17 PM]

As a database programmer. Almost every project out there has a database attacched to the back end. Most projects are developed with multiple tiers. If developed properly, all the SQL will reside within the database abstraction layer, meaning, generally, in PL/SQL. Therefore, with SQL and PL/SQL knowledge, you can get a job as the database programmer for almost any Oracle project beig developed. Make sense?

The 'Oracle Developer' skills will only be useful on that very small subset of Oracle projects that are actually created using 'Oracle Developer'.

- Chris

Hi

I have downloaded Oracle developer 6 from Oracle site and Installed on Windows 2000 Professional I have never faced any issues with it so I feel you can go ahead and dowload from the link below and install on windows 2000

http://otn.oracle.com/software/produ...ware_index.htm

If you have any issues put a question here in this forum Iam sure all of the guys can help to troubleshoot if any issues arises

Regards