Re: Should I get certified now, or wait for the 9i track?

I addition, Oracle has announced that the 9i exams will be available in September. Oracle is not saying yet which exams will be available. I would suspect that the SQL-PL/SQL exam would be one of the first ones available (it always is).

HTH,
Brian

Kevin Haas wrote:
>
> I agree. It would be good to start now and be able to say you are certified
> on 8i. I am 8i certified and I expect that the upgrade will only be 1 exam.
>
> "Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend_at_home.com> wrote in message
> news:B75545E9.161A4%markbtownsend_at_home.com...
> > in article 3B2FD930.D210146F_at_attws.com, Daniel A. Morgan at
> > Daniel.Morgan_at_attws.com wrote on 6/19/01 3:58 PM:
> >
> > > VWP914 wrote:
> > >
> > >> Just a question for those who have gone through certification. I am
> > >> self-studying, and am just about ready to take test 1 on the 8i DBA
 track. I
> > >> was wondering if I should wait for the 9i track. I would wait for it
 if it
> > >> were to be available within a few months or so. Does anyone have any
 guesses
> > >> about when the 9i certification track will be ready?
> > >
> > > I wouldn't wait. It will be a long time before good 9i materials are
> > > available.
> > > And 9i is a superset of 8i so hardly anything, probably nothing, you
 might
> > > learn
> > > will be wasted effort.
> > >
> > > Daniel A. Morgan
> > >
> > Well, Daniel is right and wrong. The Oracle9i material is actually ready
> > (from Oracle's end at least), so you will be seeing it in the OCP in the
> > short term (within 3 months). However, I also wouldn't wait - start the
> > Oracle8i OCP now, and then take the make up courses to bring it up to
> > Oracle9i when ready.
> >
Received on Wed Jun 20 2001 - 08:03:46 CDT