>>Oh... My... God...
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>>Geez, maybe I should just take a class...
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>Don't panic!
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>In terms of the basic things you need to know, Mark' suggestions as above just about cover it.
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>I wouldn't bother with Oracle Education, unless you are going for certification. They are ferociously expensive and cover a lot of stuff you probably don't need to know.

Shhh! I haven't told him about using insert, update, delete triggers yet. Especially, the beauty of using insert triggers with sequences. < g >