How hard would it be to learn how to be a database programmer on my own?

How hard would it be to learn how to be a database programmer on my own?


I am pretty computer saavy and pretty intelligent.


I know I can get MySQL and SQL Server for free.


What other programs would I need and need to learn?


How long might it take me to learn the programming. Would I have to learn a programming language like C++ or Java on top of MySQL? I am looking to change careers and may have time to devote full time for a few months to learning this.


I hope I am stating things correctly, if not please correct me.


If I had the capability and was disciplined, could I learn it enough to get a job in it?


Also, what kind of pay might I expect?


Any other pertinent info you can provide that I have not thought of would be helpful.

How hard would it be to learn how to be a database programmer on my own?
If you want to get a job in the computer area then you need to get minimum A+ certification. And evven then depending on what you want to do In computers some places insist that you have a diploma in the field.





You can start playing around with learning programming. i'd suggest to learn c++, C, VB 6. And while you are doing that look for courses and programs that you could take at a university or college.





This is just my opinion from my own personal experience. I started out with my A+ cert and then I took a computer tech course that included everything from componants to electricity, to fixing computers, creating and maintainging servers, and programming in 4 different languages.
Reply:A good way to learn is to download one of the Apache server distributions like wamp onto your own pc, and use this for design and testing. This allows for use of mysql with php, the most common combination on the internet. This is how I learned, when a supposed professional database designer made a total hash of a project, producing 4 test pages in 2 weeks and trying to charge thousands for it, I took it over and had a fully working client, contact and workshop production database within a month, including controlling the security on the Linux server it was running on. I used only the mysql and php manuals for this, with a book on html, as I had never even written any html before.
Reply:not that hard.