My Database Blog has a new entry about Oracle book resources at:  http://psevetson.blogspot.com/

I've been selected to receive training in Oracle Database Administration, so I've updated my Database Blog (it was previously a DB2 Database Blog) to include useful stuff.  I'm very happy about this -- I was thinking that I was going to have to leave my current employer to get this stuff.

It's a big help to my career.  Basically, if I got laid off today, I'd be in the same position I was five years ago -- expert in a technology (DB2 mainframe database administration) that pays very well, if there's an opening, and if I'm willing to move to where the opening is.  There are many more openings for Oracle DBAs than there are for DB2 DBAs, and they're more distributed geographically.  The odds are very good that, if Wakefern-my-current-employer decided to outsource Database Administration (which is possible; they considered doing so several years ago), I'd be able to find another job without having to move again.  That is, once I get finished with the training and get some experience under my belt.

Toodles!