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RE: Here we go again...OCP

From: <Winnie_Liu_at_infonet.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:12:30 -0700
Message-Id: <10481.104463@fatcity.com>


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Chris,

Haha.. did you ask that OCP DBA to perform that "miracle" publicly? ;->

I have a friend who is an OCP also, but he did not even know the basic how Oracle works! Sometimes I always think that Oracle gives out the certification too easy now.. and it just drag down the quality of OCP...

Maybe they should ask them to recover a database in real in the examination and cut the multiple choice questions to half!

Winnie :)

"Bowes, Chris" <Chris.Bowes_at_kosa.com> on 04/28/2000 09:05:36 AM

Please respond to ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com

To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> cc: (bcc: Winnie Liu/HQ/ISC)

Subject: RE: Here we go again...OCP

Well, today is a perfect day to beat it some more. After all, it is still identifiable... Unfortunately, I have to agree with your assessment. A couple years back I was an ear to a debate amongst some DBA's. One individual claimed that you could recover a base completely with an export and archived log files. He didn't mean restore the base to working order, he meant up to and including the last transaction. Run the import, apply the log files. After all the SCN's would be different (no I am *NOT* making
this up). He was OCP. It may look nice, but when framed, makes a better cup coaster than a measure of what you know.

--Chris

Chris.Bowes_at_Kosa.com

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Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 10:11 PM
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Hello all, I hate to bring up a topic that's been beaten to death but here goes.

I passed OCP exam on Backup and Recovery this morning. I feel that I understand
the do's and dont's of restore fairly well. However I've never had to do it in a
catastrophic situation. I do not know very much about RMAN. however I STILL
PASSED. This exam was by no means measuring my ability to restore a completely
hosed database.

I am wondering now about what OCP is really good for then. I do not have a bachelor's degree so I want to complete OCP anyway. It will make job hunting in
Florida with less than one year experience as a DBA a bit easier. Does anyone
else feel that this certification is worthless?

Thanks
Lisa

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