How to Be an Oracle Database Administrator

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Learn software engineering or web applications - (or anything that means the same) are great college level course to get you started

   If you are University educated, a major (or minor) in Computer Sciences will get your foot in the door.
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   Step 2: although most are 2 or 3 year commitments

   Your first assignment will probably be a clerk of some sort, you will be assisting the DBA in routine tasks.
   
   Be grateful- learn all that you can.
   
   Someday, that will be you! , Oracle offers certification in their database products.
   
   Although this is not strictly a requirement, it ensures that you will never be out of work as a DBA (think salary haggling, and multiple offers of employment), and it complements your experience. , Oracle has been offering database software for many years, and their procedural language built for automated routines (PL/SQL) has seen many revisions.
   
   Learn what has changed, and how to take advantage of new features when upgrading to a new version of the Database software.
   
   I learned Oracle by getting the "Oracle database 11g the complete reference" by Kevin Loney and then practicing every example by manually typing it in a test database.
   
   You can download a free version of the Oracle database from oracle.com which you have to install.
   
   If you get stuck on a chapter, put a yellow sticky there and just go on, this way you will make a lot of progress.
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   Step 3: you can take night-school credits.

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   Step 4: Don't be too proud.

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   Step 5: Get certification.

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   Step 6: Learn the software.

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