jean@beno.CSS.GOV (Jean Anderson) (06/12/91)
How long would it realistically take to come up to speed for DBA work with Sybase given the following: o Small to medium sized scientific database (under 500Meg); i.e. problems seen with large databases are not a factor (at least in the next year). o Database access is primarily from C and FORTRAN continuous processing applications. No fancy forms based user interfaces and light ad hoc interactive SQL-ing. o Assume the DBA already has 3 years experience with ORACLE 6. (Does ORACLE expertise transfer well?) Any opinions would be sincerely appreciated, - Jean +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jean Anderson, DBA email: jean@seismo.css.gov | | SAIC Geophysics Division, Mailstop 12 or: jean@esosun.css.gov | | 10210 Campus Point Drive phone: (619)458-2727 | | San Diego, CA 92121 fax: (619)458-4993 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Any opinions are mine, not my employer's. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) (06/13/91)
In <49698@seismo.CSS.GOV> jean@beno.CSS.GOV (Jean Anderson) writes: >How long would it realistically take to come up to speed for DBA work with >Sybase given the following: [ profile of DB requirements deleted ] Given previous RDBMS experience, you should almost be able to jump straight in, always keeping the reference manuals at no more than arm's length. A read of the admin and programming guides, and a browse through the reference manuals beforehand is a must. If you have the time, do some Sybase training course. This should take no more than a week. The most important thing is to get to grips with the basics and the facilities provided. Don't get pre-occupied with the command syntax; that's what the reference manuals are for. One hint: keep a spare DB which you can play with (i.e. afford to lose) to verify that what you are about to do, will give the results you want. -- Bernd Felsche, _--_|\ #include <std/disclaimer.h> Metapro Systems, / sold \ Fax: +61 9 472 3337 328 Albany Highway, \_.--._/ Phone: +61 9 362 9355 Victoria Park, Western Australia v Email: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au