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原帖由
Yong Huang 于 2008-4-12 23:01 发表
I wrote a note "How to Study Oracle"
http://yong321.freeshell.org/oranotes/OracleStudy.txt
Critique is welcome.
Yong Huang
I spent some time updating my note. I added some comments on various public forums. Hopefully they help people decide on which forum they should spend more time on. For your convenience, I'm copying the new writing down here. If you have more forums you would like to comment on or ask me for opinions on, let me know.
[New 2008-05] Comments on various public forums:
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* Mailing list Oracle-L (
http://www.freelists.org/list/oracle-l): Since Steve
Adams, the owner of ixora.com.au, took over the list administrator position (in
September 2004?), this mailing has significantly increased its technical
density of the content, member professionalism, and overal technical level of
the members. Off-topic messages are drastically cut down. People not behaving
well are shut out of the door (they usually choose to be active on the
newsgroup and enjoy the freedom of cursing Steve!). This list is highly
recommended.
* OTN forum (
http://forums.oracle.com): Since Oracle is occasionally
monitoring, there's no bad guy. Technical level is generally lower than that of
Oracle-L but great for beginners. Unsupported and undocumented features are
understandably less discussed. This forum is highly recommended.
* Newsgroup comp.databases.oracle.server
(
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.oracle.serve): This is the most
free and easiest to access means to post and read Oracle DBA messages. But bear
in mind that ever since the inception of Usenet, newsgroups have off-topic
messages, flames (argument among people that don't add value and mostly attack
others personally), and other non-professional postings. This Oracle server
newsgroup is below average compared to most other computer groups, mainly due
to a few not very knowledgeable people having a habit of insulting others.
* DBA Village (dba-village.com): Mostly European members; hosted in Belgium.
Professionalism is high. Technical level is moderate. Since the site is
inaccessible without a password even for reading, search engines can't index
the messages. This means you can't rely on Google to find your past postings.
* Metalink forums
(
https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/for_main.searchForum): Accessible
with Metalink login. Only searchable by Metalink, not general search engines
(Google, etc). Web interface is awkward. Oracle employees ceased to support
(answer questions) on these forums in 2005(?). Therefore its value drastically
degraded.
* (Chinese only) Itpub (
http://www.itpub.net/list.html): If you can read and
write Chinese, the forums on this site are highly recommended. Every forum is
moderated with multiple moderators to guarantee certain technical level and
members' professionalism. Most members are probably between 20 and 35 as of
this writing. Technical level has steadily grown over the past seven years. But
keep in mind that Chinese web sites have lots of silly Javascript fanfare that
may drive your browser crazy, and the way Itpub is designed encourages some
members to post useless messages (for them to use as a bookmark, to push up the
posting to the top, etc).
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Yong Huang
