AI courses for DBAs
An advanced course for people who administer Oracle databases and for people who write SQL. You learn to use Claude and ChatGPT for queries, tuning, upgrades and security, remotely or on site. The AI always works read-only, and every script is reviewed and tested before it is used.
01 · copy the link to this sectionThe situation
Claude and ChatGPT are already part of the working day for many DBAs and developers. Often there are no rules on what they can read, or on who checks what they write.
Asking an AI assistant for a SQL query, an explanation of an execution plan or an upgrade script is now an everyday habit. The answer arrives straight away, well written and confident. That does not make it right.
A query can return figures that look plausible but are wrong. A suggested index can speed up a report and slow down the ERP (your business management software). A script can run fine on the test copy and fail in production. And to get help, someone pastes a table of real data into the assistant, or the connection string with the password in it.
This is where the course starts. It teaches you to use AI where it helps, to check it where it can go wrong, and never to give it more access than it needs.
Typical scenario
The month-end report is slow. A developer asks an AI assistant to rewrite the query and puts it into production. The report gets faster. A week later, the accounts team notices that discounted invoices are missing. The new query left them out, and nobody had read it before it went live.
02 · copy the link to this sectionWhat you will learn
They come from everyday work on an Oracle database. In each one, the AI suggests and the DBA decides.
Which areas to go into, and for whom, is agreed with your team before we start.
03 · copy the link to this sectionThe rules
They apply during the course and stay in writing for everyday work.
The AI reads, and only reads. It uses dedicated accounts and, where needed, an always-in-sync copy instead of the live database. That way it cannot change the data and does not slow anyone down.
The query is always visible. Every answer about the data shows the query that produced it. Whoever receives the answer can have the query checked.
Every script is reviewed and tested before use. First on a copy, then in production in the agreed window. There is always a verified backup and a planned way back.
No credentials or real data in unapproved tools. Passwords, server addresses and data extracts are never pasted into an assistant the organisation has not approved. The AI only needs the table structure and test data.
The course ends with a practical exercise that follows the same rules. A case from your environment is rebuilt on a test database, with test data and no access to live systems. It might be, for example, a slow query that you analyse and fix with AI, measuring performance before and after. Every activity goes into the training record, which stays with the organisation.
04 · copy the link to this sectionData and the Company Brain
Many companies want to ask questions of their data in plain language. First, someone has to decide what the assistant can read.
The Company Brain is the company’s own searchable memory. An AI assistant that answers questions about orders, stock levels or a customer’s terms has to read the ERP. Before it is connected, you decide which tables or views it can see, with what permissions and on which copy of the data, so that it does not slow anyone down. These are DBA decisions.
The course prepares DBAs for this role. Every answer comes with the query that produced it. That way the DBA can always check where a figure comes from. When the company decides to build the assistant, the work continues with the Company Brain and the Oracle & Database Engineering division.
05 · copy the link to this sectionWho and where
Who it is for. DBAs, developers who write SQL and systems administrators who manage the database servers.
Advanced level. You need to know SQL and your own database. The course starts from the foundations shared by all our courses, meaning what AI can do and where it goes wrong.
Remote or on site. Online, at your premises anywhere in Italy, at Strategic’s premises in San Marino or at partner venues in Turin and Rome. The place and schedule are set in the programme.
Where the courses take placeChatGPT and Claude courses for office teamsAll AI training courses
06 · copy the link to this sectionFrequently asked questions
More questions about the courses? Frequently asked questions about AI training
07 · copy the link to this sectionObservatory
Analysis and guides from the Strategic editorial team.
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16 September 202608 · copy the link to this sectionContact
A few lines are enough. Tell us which databases and versions you use, who would take part and whether Claude or ChatGPT are already in use. We reply by email, usually within two working days.
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