Message-Id: <10556.111847@fatcity.com> From: Surendra_Tirumala Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:33:07 +0530 Subject: RE: Tell me about the confused OCP. This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFEC2B.6FBF5790 Content-Type: text/plain > Xiaoliang Chen, Once you are certfied in any particular stream( 7/8/8i), your certification is valid forever.And whenever you want to take up the upgradation exam just take it. Best thing for you is to go for 8 stream and later you can think of taking up 8i upgradation.My observation is that it is much difficult to clear 8i exam directly because of so many new features. Surendra > ---------- > From: Xiaoliang Chen > Reply To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 11:46 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Tell me about the confused OCP. > > hi, all, > > I decide to pass my OCP DBA in two months. But I do not if I directly > choose > Oracle8i test package or choose Oracle8 test package and then have a > Oracle8i new features test. > > One of my friend said this to me: > Let me tell you why it is not good to do oracle 8i at the moment. > 1. It will cost you a lot since no one has the stuff for oracle 8i and is > selling it on the net. > 2. the market will not revert to oracle 8i before a couple of years, > because mosst companies recently migrated from oracle 7.3 to oracle 8 > 3. if you do oracle 8 and give the upgrade exam you will have two > certification. oracle 8 dba and 8i dba. > > I am afraid I could hardly get Exam crams about Oracle8i at this time. > Maybe > I should first pass the Oracle8 and then pass the upgrate test. > But someone tell me one must pass the upgrate test in 6 months from the > day > the new version was coming up. Which mean if Oracle8i was coming up on > 01/01/00, I have to pass the upgrate test from Oracle8 to Oracle8i before > 07/01/00. That mean I could not the upgrate test.....I am so > confused....help me! > What is your all 's suggestion? Please give me a reply. Your reply will be > fully appreciated. > > Best wishes! > Yours sincerely, Xiaoliang Chen > ___________________________________ > SUN certified Solaris7 System Administrator > > > > -- > Author: Xiaoliang Chen > INET: ochen@netrue.com > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFEC2B.6FBF5790 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Tell me about the confused OCP.

Xiaoliang = Chen,
Once you are = certfied in any particular stream( 7/8/8i), your certification is valid = forever.And whenever you want to take up the upgradation exam just take = it.

Best thing for you = is to go for 8 stream and later you can think of taking up 8i = upgradation.My observation is that it is much difficult to clear 8i = exam directly because of so many new features.

Surendra