Re: Certification on 9i .

Oba wrote:

> I am currently hitting my head on the wall to get certified on 9i, but we
> now have 10g, so do I hold off or continue my work? Please advice thanks.

Several of the professional here will say neither cert. is necessary, or even a waste of time and money. (My belief: use the cert. as a guide for your studies and make your goal to be a superior DBA - then being certified is an extra.)

You need to realize that many certification exams have errors (I'm finding it's not isolated to Oracle's exams). As a result there is some doubt to the 'worth' of certification (look through the archives for the discussions).

When you study, make sure you understand the reality as well as the 'material'. Personally test each example. Realize the 'books' and 'self test' guides generally have the same mistakes as the exams - you should be solid enough to know reality and strong enough to accept the fact the tests can (will) be wrong.

If, after the above you still want to proceed ... I'm finding there are a lot of 9i installations around and more planned. Many companies are looking at 10g with interest - but waiting a while. If you plan on supporting a 9i environment in the next 2 years, keep plugging away. Then just take the upgrade exam.

/Hans Received on Fri Apr 23 2004 - 07:05:07 CDT