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Re: Remember me? Oracle DBA veteran considering getting certifi

From: ltiu <ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:13:18 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004DBF74.20020928141318@fatcity.com>


I think he meant Oracle 9i Exam 1 of 4 - Intro to SQL.

On Saturday 28 September 2002 14:28, Mohammad Rafiq wrote:
> Which version you are talking about? 8i or 9i upgrade certification
>
> Regards
> Rafiq
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> Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 08:53:19 -0800
>
> Well,
>
> Given the IT market I felt that it was worth getting certified even though
> I haven't had any problems and been working with Oracle as DBA for over 8
> years. However, I decided that I didn't want to spend a lot of money or
> time to do it. I have 2 small children, work, - yadayadayada(sp?). I got
> the self-test for the first test, studied using that and read Mike Ault's
> Exam cram book from front to back (excellent resource, concise,
> straightforward, good examples - just a couple of errors in whole book).
> Total test time was about 30 hours. Took the exam this morning in 60
> minutes (120 alloted), got 49 out of 57 questions correct and passed. I
> really want to thank Mike Ault for the excellent concise Cram book and
> intend to continue on this same path for the other exams. Unfortunately,
> Mike didn't write all of them - however, I am hoping they are all of the
> same level of quality. I haven't taken a course in Oracle (any) for about
> 5 year and SQL/PLSQL in about 10-12.
>
> Total hours to prepare : 30 hours
> Resources: Exam Cram by Mike Ault and self-test exam
> Any additional costs - none
> Didn't want to study on clients time so ended up studying mostly between
> the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. in the morning.
>
> Hope the others go well and can get this done before Oracle changes the
> criteria.
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