text: my ambition is to become a database administrator.now im a beginner,where shall i get a proper free guidelines since im a beginner i want free guide lines from online. hi,  nice ambition, first of all , anything you want to do about database start it off with ms excel then you graduate to ms access, and further more switch to sql(structured querried language) form there you can go to oracle and sap. this is basically all you need.   after that do certifications exams on this software you have use. microsoft web site can tell you more about the certificate track to database administrator.  i wish you the best.  thanks