dba programming

[Roshan]

Hi Erman,

I would like an advice from you. I would like to know which programming language would be best and easy for me to learn as part of my DBA activities.

Thanks,

Roshan

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

As a sys and middleware admin I would advice learning java + a strong scripting language, for instance perl.
A sys admin, or a dba or a middleware admin can do all his/or her automated development-type works by using something these 2 ->  perl + java.
It is also important to know these kinds of languages for dealing with the application issues. Sometimes you need to go and check the code.. This seems like a good skill set -> SQL(+SQL Tuning), PL/SQL, Java, Bash, Perl.. Aha, you may also add Python to the list :)