RE: Oracles TBT's

Eman,

I have the DBA set of TBT's. So far I have managed to almost complete the SQL, PL/SQL portion. I have found the information provided to be fairly thorough thus far. My only complaint is with the progress tests that accompany each set of lessons. The answers that you provide must exactly match what the program expects to see or it counts it as an error. If you enter column names in the wrong order for a SELECT statement, it's an error - even though your answer will work in the real world. I find that you have to read the instructions VERY CAREFULLY. There are several other anomalies that I have encountered but cannot remember at the moment. There is at least one question that CANNOT be answered correctly, no matter what you do and there are a couple of places where the first question in the test does not allow you to enter an answer - won't allow you to type but if you click on the window, it becomes an error.

So far, I consider these to be a minor inconvenience, though a bit frustrating at times. I've learned quite a bit from the lessons so will continue to press on.

Oh, one other thing. The OCP test certificates that come with the set are only good for one year - not sure if there is a way to get the deadline extended or not. My schedule is not going to allow me to complete everything on one year's time, so I guess I'll be looking into that in the future.

Hope this helps.

Ron Morton
Database Architect / Administrator
Union Switch & Signal Inc
rdmorton_at_switch.com

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> Subject: Oracles TBT's
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> Has anyone used oracle's TBT's (Technical Based Training)? I am
> considering
> purchasing some but was wondering just how good the are.
> These TBT's are supposedly like CBT's (Computer Based Training).
> Any feed back would be greatly appreciated, before I spend $3000.00 on a
> set.
>
> I'm interested in the DBA set.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eman
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