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Oracle Beginnings - Where to Start?

Posted by Cliff on Saturday September 17, 2005 @02:20AM from the gotta-start-somewhere dept.

Scalli0n asks: "I'm a programmer with a solid computer science background, but I'd like to know where I should start with the behemoth that is Oracle - my bosses tell me that I need to learn it to store geodatabases (since I work with geospatial intelligence) and I have no clue where to start since nobody can even tell me of a good beginners book - any suggestions?"

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MySQL speaks OpenGIS by jamie · 2005-09-17 02:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Just checking, your bosses know MySQL supports OpenGIS, right?
1. Re:MySQL speaks OpenGIS by treerex · 2005-09-18 08:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  I'm not intolerant to free thinking. I'm simply sick and tired of people responding to a valid question with the MySQL_is_the_answer_to_all_problems mantra. It's a useless response. FWIW, I use MySQL and PostgreSQL on a daily basis, and haven't touched Oracle in years. When you can develop a system from scratch you have a choice in the tools you use. When you join an existing team, you don't.