Been a DBA for too long.. want to get into DB Design and modelling

I have been a DBA for a while now and while doing that, i've never got my
feet wet in say development nor into database design and modelling.
Can someone tell me if there are any courses,etc. out there that i can take
where i could blend my DBA skills which is just the basics..
backups,security, performance tuning.. into a more well rounded DB
individual.
Thanks...Hassan wrote:
> I have been a DBA for a while now and while doing that, i've never got my
> feet wet in say development nor into database design and modelling.
> Can someone tell me if there are any courses,etc. out there that i can take
> where i could blend my DBA skills which is just the basics..
> backups,security, performance tuning.. into a more well rounded DB
> individual.
> Thanks...
>
Since you already have a decent background with the platform, I'd
suggest reading "The Art Of SQL".
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com