08-24-2012
Which Database Engine(s) do you know ?
Which Operating System(s) do you know?
Though I have just asked these questions, this is purely to gauge your current position.
In practice commercial products come and go, but the basic skills are portable. Just be prepared to convert.
I was once an acknowledged expert in Borland DBase II under MUCCP/M which was built on much experience with IDMS/X under VME/B. Strangely nobody has mentioned any of these product for a few years (lol), but the basic DBA skills were portable to Oracle on any platform.
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