RE: Remember me? Oracle DBA veteran considering getting certifi

Yes, they were concise and just what was needed - there were some errors - really not soo much in Mike Ault's. However, for one shot study guide - great!
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I expect that there are plenty of copies still in circulation but to my knowledge coriolis is no more.... shame, really, although the exam cram books tended to have quite a few errors they were an excellent portable aid to certification.  

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Well, 
Amazon is sending me 8i certification books published by coriolis - hmmmm. 
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Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:44 AM 
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FYI, 
I think Coriolis no longer exists. 
Patrice Boivin 
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Paula, 
Your experience sounds very similar to mine which I documented on 
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. I used the Exam Cram series and was very happy with them. 
I am booked for the 8i upgrade next week but despite using 8i for however 
long it has been available I cannot believe how much there is to learn. 
I can see myself putting off the exam once again 
  
John 
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Sorry I didn't respond sooner - been up to my neck recovering from a bad 
controller.  Anyway - 8i.  If Mike Ault wrote a cram book for 9i upgrade I 
would get that one too.  Please don't tell me that 8i ceritfication is 
retired.  
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Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 5:28 PM 
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Which version you are talking about? 8i or 9i upgrade certification 
Regards 
Rafiq 



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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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