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RE: Are Oracle courses required for Oracle Certification now?

From: Scott Stefick <sstefick_at_harper.cc.il.us>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 15:59:47 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00512B47.20021204155947@fatcity.com>


Are you getting a sheet after each exam showing how many you got correct for each section and your overall score? I received that sheet at the testing center after each exam. Other than that, you won't get anything from Oracle until you finish your final exam. It took me about a month to get my packet.

At 01:13 PM 12/4/02 -0800, you wrote:
>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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Scott Stefick
UNIX Systems Administrator
Oracle Certified Professional DBA
Wm. Rainey Harper College
847.925.6130
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