From teci_dba1@hotmail.com Thu, 29 Mar 2001 06:19:44 -0800 From: "Joseph Testa" Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 06:19:44 -0800 Subject: Re: OT: RANT ABOUT OCP, Re: Small help Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Anyone who's watched the list for a week will know me, no political correctness here :) and thats probably the only reason i am OCP, the company i worked for at the time, paid for the tests and gave me a bonus to complete them. :) joe >From: "Thater, William" >Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >Subject: Re: OT: RANT ABOUT OCP, Re: Small help >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 05:00:25 -0800 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by parents.the-testas.net >(8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA04008for ; Thu, 29 Mar >2001 08:36:51 -0500 >Received: from mail.the-testas.netby localhost with POP3 >(fetchmail-5.3.1)for jtestamail@localhost (multi-drop); Thu, 29 Mar 2001 >08:36:56 -0500 (EST) >Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.192.199])by >mail.acfi.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f2TEbEl28072for >; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:37:14 -0600 >Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost)by newsfeed.cts.com >(8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id FAA15519;Thu, 29 Mar 2001 05:24:54 -0800 (PST) >Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b70/bab) via UUCP id 002DB44A; >Thu, 29 Mar 2001 05:00:25 -0800 >Return-Path: >Message-ID: >X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum >X-Sender: "Thater, William" >Sender: root@fatcity.com >Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com >Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California >X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 70; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman >Precedence: bulk >X-Fetchmail-Warning: recipient address ORACLE-L@fatcity.com didn't match >any local name >X-SpamBouncer: 1.2 (10/20/00) >X-SBPass: NoBounce >X-SBClass: OK >Status: > >"Joseph S. Testa" wrote: > > > > Lee, i'm with you 200%, > > > > oh and for the original addressee(and others) if you can't figure out > > what the heck that simple pl/sql block is doing(or where to figure it > > out), then quit diluting the OCP worthiness, people who study just to > > take the OCP and have no experience just go to further the waste of > > paper that the certificate is printed on. :) > > > > joe > >you know you really should tell us just how you feel and not beat around >the bush that way.;-) > >i got asked yesterday by damagement why i wasn't certified. when i >asked if they would pay for the courses/exams they didn't seem to think >that was "in the training budget". so i said they's just have to put up >with me the way i was and got back to building the database >infrastructure.;-) > >oh well, guess i'll end up loosing out to someone with an OCP.;-) > >-- >Bill Thater Certifiable ORACLE DBA >Telergy, Inc thaterw@telergy.net >---------------------------------------------------------------- >You gotta program like you don't need the money, >You gotta compile like you'll never get hurt, >You gotta run like there's nobody watching, >It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work! >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Thater, William > INET: ThaterW@telergy.net > >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). _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Joseph Testa INET: teci_dba1@hotmail.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).