Good point. I also have Personal Oracle on my computer for development work.

>Hi Rod,
>
>In addition to the books the Mark recommends, I suggest setting up a test Oracle database on your workstation. You can download Oracle from the Oracle site.
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>Currently I run MSSQL7.0 on my workstation. I have a copy of my client's database. I test all the database changes in this test environment. My understanding of MSSQL has really progressed since setting up this test environment.
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>I plan to use the same test environment method with Oracle. I downloaded the database engine and got it running. I have not had much time to load up any of my client's tables into the database.
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>Good luck,
>
>Paul
>
>>Hello,
>>
>> I work mostly with VFP, but I'm doing more and more work with VFP middle tier to Oracle data source. I know enough to do the basic SQL work, but I'm going to have to start doing more of the nitty-gritty stuff on the Oracle side. Does anyone have a recommendation for a book that's particularly comprehensive and useful?
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>>Thanks
>>
>>Rod Poujade
>>Montreal, Canada