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Oracle Beginnings - Where to Start?

Posted by Cliff on 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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  1. Oracle is overrated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You can get similar performance out of a properly tweaked MySQL database and there are plenty of cool books on PHP and MySQL integration to get you started.

    1. Re:Oracle is overrated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      But he wants to be taken seriously so maybe we should just answer his question.

  2. MySQL speaks OpenGIS by jamie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just checking, your bosses know MySQL supports OpenGIS, right?

    1. Re:MySQL speaks OpenGIS by treerex · · 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.

  3. Step one: by St.+Arbirix · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Forget everything anyone ever taught you about proper grammar.

    I took a databases class as part of CpSc major and the internet seemed exceedingly lacking in help (as opposed to what I could find for other languages platforms). I managed to get access to Clemson's Oracle forums login so I was set (barely) for the rest of my project.

    But you'll have to get over one major hurdle. The most helpful comments I could find looked like this: "I dono't if You can do that unles you deckare it correctly." It seems that with great SQL power comes great grammatical irresponsibility.

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    Direct away from face when opening.
  4. Re:The best place to start ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hahahhhaahaha. You owe me a new keyboard :)