How Would You Suggest Someone Learn SQL Anywhere?

[former_SQLA_member1694868]

Any and all advice is welcome.

Given someone that has an IT background but no specific database experience, what would you recommend they do to get started?

I'm looking specifically for books to read (if books are even a good idea), websites to check (this one for sure), and any other resources that would be helpful.

If you had it to do over, how would you learn it all over again?

[Breck_Carter · Accepted solution]

Read the Help, especially the tutorials.

Buy the book: http://www.risingroad.com/SQL_Anywhere_Studio_9_Developers_Guide.html

Read the blogs. Start with http://sqlanywhere.blogspot.com/ then follow the links to other blogs (see the blogroll "Focusing on SQL Anywhere...").

Ask questions here... ANY and ALL questions are welcome as long as they have something to do with SQL Anywhere.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I second the book. It was a great help to a new member of our team.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I don't think there will be a need for any other answer 🙂

[VolkerBarth · Accepted solution]

Note: The book and the blog are authored by Breck himself, so this may sound like an announcement. But by heart, it will be difficult to find anyone who is able to explain better than Breck does, and both with that clear opinion and much humour. This community (and me, too) owe him a lot. Definetely.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Nicely said Volker.

[former_SQLA_member1694874 · Accepted solution]

Shocking self advertising by Breck 🙂 although at least he put the help & tutorials above the three things that belong to him 🙂 The only other thing you could do is spend some time with someone already using it, even then you won't pick up as much as following Breck's suggestions.