Re[4]: Another OCP slant...

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 22:00:11 -0400
Message-Id: <25946.338350@fatcity.com>

Hello Jared,

I stand corrected. I dug into my folder of certification paperwork, and find that I took the first three Oracle7 exams in November of 1998. I retook the performance tuning exam in April 1999, passed.

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Thursday, July 17, 2003, 5:16:02 PM, you wrote: JSrc> Nope, wasn't '97.

JSrc> The OCP tests were free that year. Took em all in an afternoon.

JSrc> As they were beta tests, they were rather lengthy: about 160 questions JSrc> each.

JSrc> Jared

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JSrc> Thursday, July 17, 2003, 3:19:24 PM, you wrote: JR>> Yipe! Not having taken the OCP route (yet -- or, if ever), how much JSrc> does
JR>> the fail-retake-retake method cost in $$$?

JSrc> Well, I only failed once, and at that particular OpenWorld,
JSrc> which I think was in 1997, they were offering a show special
JSrc> price of only $35/exam. What's a cert book cost? More than
JSrc> $35 I should think.

JSrc> Since then it's been only one upgrade exam every year or
JSrc> two, at a cost of around $135 (I think), so I just take the
JSrc> risk. But remember, even though I don't read cert books, I
JSrc> *do* read manuals, and I *do* spend a lot of time
JSrc> researching and experimenting the new features in each

JSrc> release. I can't say enough for setting up a small lab JSrc> environment and just having at it.

JSrc> Best regards,

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JSrc> -- Received on Thu Jul 17 2003 - 21:00:11 CDT