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RE: Are Oracle courses required for Oracle Certification now?

From: Lyndon Tiu <ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 14:09:50 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00512933.20021204140950@fatcity.com>


I certainly did not get anything after each exam, only after each level. I got the OCA level certificate and a letter from some Veep two weeks after I completed the second 9i exam (which I'm happy to say I did before the Sept. 1, 2002 deadline !!!).

-- 
Lyndon Tiu


Quoting DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>:


> Lyndon - I have completed 2 of the 5 Oracle8i exams.
>
> Hey - when I took each exam, the testing organization says that I should
> receive something from Oracle within a couple of weeks. Got nothing. Should
> I be worried?
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 40%OCP
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 1:10 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Hey William,
>
> Why are you 40% OCP - does this mean you are an OCA? When did you take your
> very
> first 9i certification exam? If you took it before Sept. 1, 2002, the
> you're
> a
> 50% OCP.
>
> --
> Lyndon Tiu
>
>
> Quoting DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>:
>
> > My instructor in a recent Oracle Education class said that there were a
> > couple of smart alecs that caused quite a stir within Oracle. After
> > receiving their OCP, they couldn't log into a database, and claimed it
> was
> > because they had never actually used Oracle. The instructor indicated
> that
> > the new requirement (9i I believe) would require you to take at least one
> > class. I asked "do you mean everyone that takes a class from you will be
> > logging on". He just grinned.
> > Dennis Williams
> > DBA, 40%OCP
> > Lifetouch, Inc.
> > dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:25 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > Hey people!
> >
> > A friend of mine was just asking me about getting Oracle certified (I
> > completed the Oracle 8i cerfication exams last year),
> > he told me that to his knowledge Oracle requires that you've done Oracle
> > courses before you can be certified now.
> > I knew nothing about this, but can't believe Oracle would so blatantly
> make
> > you take their over-priced courses.
> >
> > But maybe I'm just naive.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kieran Murray
> > CardBASE Technologies Limited®
> > BIM House
> > Crofton Road
> > Dun Laoghaire
> > Co Dublin
> >
> >
> > --
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> > --
> > Author: Kieran Murray
> > INET: Kieran.Murray_at_CardBase.com
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