Database Administrators On Nairaland

ok cabali you're bringing it on!

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you are lucky i was busy in school; that's why i didn't reply u immediately.

First, i don't blame you because u probably are angry that you can't study at niit,
that's why poor stay poor; always beefing the rich, (not that im a rich guy)

Wherever did you get the idea that niit faculties are poor

one of my faculties told me that he was given a contract to convert the database of the nigerian navy;
but he turned it down for the price.

i asked him that maybe 100,000 was too much; he said "are u serious?"
THIS GUY WAS TALKING IN MILLIONS

even if they get paid 40,000 as u said; u've forgotten that they are consulted by companies and they don't work thruout the week.

to those of you cabali wants to fool; the it industry is the in-thing in nigeria

Forget about employment

So companies don't use oracle; look at the opportunity: IF I WAS TO DESIGN A DATABASE FOR A COMPANY; HOW MUCH WOULD I CHARGE;
YES! MILLIONS[DEPENDING ON SITE]

ONLY LAGOS STATE RUNS FULLY ON ORACLE ; EVEN OGUN STATE SAYS ITS UNDERSTAFFED COS ITS RUNNING ITS OWN IT PROJECT. LET'S SAY REALISTICALLY I DESIGN A DATABASE FOR 3 STATES HOW MUCH WOULD I BE PAID,

WHAT OF SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES,

AND I HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED OF MAINTAINING THE DATABASE WHICH IS WHERE MONEY IS!

[IF You WERE MANAGING ONLY ABUJA'S DATABASE, ] WE SHOULD BE CREATIVE!

SO I HOPE YOU STAY OUT CABALI AND LET SERIOUS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT DATABASES! (THOUGH I MUST SAY I WAS WRONG ABOUT MYSQL; AND THE NIIT THINGY ABOUT JOB PLACEMENT, BESIDES MYSQL IS ONLY GOOD FOR WEB; WONDER WHY YAHOO USES ORACLE, THEY'D CRASH WITH MYSQL


OH; IM HOPE I'VE REALLY TAUGHT CABALI A LESSON

NOW LETS TALK DATABASES;

To make your work easier when inserting into tales use;

insert into <tablename> values ('&value1','&value2',, '&value10') ;

THIS WILL ASK YOU TO ENTER THE VALUES FOR THE COLUMNS

NOTE THAT IT WILL ENTER INTO THE TABLE IN THE ORDER ABOVE

ALSO, VALUE1 ETC IS JUST AN EASY IDENTIFIER AND MAY NOT BE COLUMN NAME!

I HOPE I'VE TAUGHT SOMEONE SOMETHING!



NB: CABALI; IM BROWSING FROM NIIT

Either you just started learning Database/programming or you already learned and looking for job , i employ you to be creative with it. IT is creativity ,create a solution that will meet demands ,then you will have real life experience and job offers ,probably become self employed .

make yourself relevant that any company will pay any amount to have you.

stir up your mind and be a solution provider with the knowledge you ve acquired
only what you work will work
true solutions can not be ignored

@ vivienne nice pix there; u a DBA?

@segebee


you really are a disgrace to even your highly rated institution NIIT


WHAT POINT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO PROVE??


You TESTING UR FAR AND BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE ON US?

Lets forget about segebee there!!

He is still too excited he is preparing to be a DBA; don't know thats all about though

Kill that laziness for some peep's sake, will ya? 

hi

really i think i appreciate this nairaland. its a real help to discuss current situations enev dba. thanks 4 da site. take care and i wish all of us to continue to improve naiaraland 4 nija benefit.

Inviting to where?? Hope it is safe 

thats why we are all here 

Is there som' i don't understand 

For those who are interested in becoming Oracle certified, you don't have to pay for anything if you have full access to at least 2 computers that are interlinked and you can monopolize during you learning.  Here I will give you the links to Oracle supplied softwares, documentations and tutorial from the Oracle University.

You can download the personal edition of Oracle 10G(DB clustering and some form of application embedding is disabled)
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/xe/index.html

For Oracle 10G certifications you can download all the guides and manuals here
http://www.oracle.com/please/db102/homepage


You get tutorials and tons of examples and tips here
http://www.oracle.com/technology/training/index.html

If you sign up for a free account at Oracle University you get even more articles from the experts at
http://education.oracle.com/web_prod-plq-dad/plsql/show_desc.redirect?redir_type=3&p_org_id=&lang=&source_call=global


All in all you get everything you need to pass each step in your certification plus an online support community, and all for free, and all thanks to the good folks at Oracle.

In New York, where I live, one does not need to attend any institution to sit for a certification tests.  All one needs is confidence in the subject, testing fees and an appointment at the testing facility ( mos likely http://www.prometric.com/default.htm).  I have held several certifications over my 9 years, and have never "had" to go to an institution to learn. 

I simply go to the site of the software developer, download the free version of their software along with the manuals.  Find a couple of my servers and reinstall to match the software requirements.  I Read the manuals while playing with the software, until I know enough to pass any test that may be given in regards to the software in question.

I book a testing date, take along my pencils and ID and go sit for the exam.  Using the methodology, the only Exam I ever failed was part 2 of my Sun Solaris exam in 1999.  I failed cause I was so confident, since I worked on solaris servers everyday, I never read the manuals nor visited Sun's educational site to see what was going to be tested.  Later in the exams I discovered questions about printing and setting up dialup modems, Since I used Sun servers only for Firewall and SecurId systems, I never came across these uses for Solaris.

OK, I hear that one may need a guide, but what better guides than the developer's educational unit which are accessible from the Oracle University online forums?
 

My Motive: I want to have as much Nigerians as possible working  internationally in all the big firms.
In my work-place, there lots of indians and I would really like to see Nigerians too.



are there many other fellows in Lagos interested in Oracle/DBA?
We could meet briefly(1hr) as a forum; share ideas, encouragement while I am in Lagos next week.
if it sounds good, let me know.

@ all, the above message is from babasin, from the thread "Oracle DBA Corner ". If you are interested, check the thread to know the 411. We are yet to fix a date.

You ARE RIGHT LOLUU.
You WOULD HAVE ALL THE CRTIFICATIONS BUT GETTING A VIABLE ORGANISATION WHERE You WOULD APPLY UR SKILL AND ALSO LEARN ON THE JOB IS VERY DIFFCULT.
I AM IN SUCH SITIATION

Hello fellow nairalanders lets rekindle this oracle dba thread, just did my oca and readind towards my ocp.lookin for some hands on experience in oracle so if anyone knows anything drop me a line. Also dba jobs are in high demand in Australia and the pay is very good depending on your experience. Does anyone have any books on pl/sql?