Re: Oracle 8i or 9i ?

Les,

If you have the self-discipline, another option is to sign up for Oracle University's Professional Subscription. For $350/year, you can go through as many of the offered courses as you want, and OCP preparation is one of the options. The courses are self-paced and online, and each lesson has a practice session so you can try out what you learned. They also have an online forum for asking / answering questions about the courses.

Dennis

Les Ayudo wrote:

> School A (www.idtnetwork)which is offering the Oracle 9i cert will cost me
> $3595 and does not include the tests. They told me they are an Oracle
> University and they are the only ones (besides Oracle) that can give grant
> Oracle 9i certs. Is this true? The classes they are offering are:
>
> 1Z0007 INTRO TO ORACLE 9I: SQL
> 1Z0031 Oracle 9i Database: Fundamentals I
> 1Z0032 Oracle 9i Database: Fundamentals II
> 1Z0033 Oracle 9i Database: Performance Tuning
>
> School B (www.collegeofit.com) is offering Oracle 8i w/ an upgrade to 9i and
> will cost me $4395 and does not include the tests. They're not an Oracle
> Univ but told me after all of my training I will be 9i certified. According
> to the other school, since this school is not an OU, they cannot grant me 9i
> certification, but this school's rep told me they can. Whom should I
> believe?
>
> The course classes are :
>
> 1Z0-001 Intro to Oracle
> ......023 Architecture & admin
> ...024 Perf & Tuning
> ..25 Backup & Rec
> ...026 Netw Admin
>
> What would you guys choose?
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>; "Les Ayudo" <info_at_lesayudo.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 7:50 AM
>
> > 9i will cost you more in the long run because you have to take 4 exams
> > at $150 each plus a $3000 course to get OCP.
> >
> > 8i then upgrade to 9i will cost you less but requires you to take up
> > to 6 exams at $150 each but no more $3000 course.
> >
> > --
> > Lyndon Tiu
> >
> >
> > Quoting Les Ayudo <info_at_lesayudo.com>:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm thinking of going to school to get Oracle certified. There are
> > > 2 schools in my area that are offering Oracle certs but one offers
> > > Oracle 8i courses w/ an upgrade to 9i, while the other offers all
> > > 9i courses. If i go to the schools who offers 9i courses, would I
> > > miss out on valuable 8i knowledge? Which school should I attend?
> > > The courses will last about 7 or 8 months. Also, is this a good
> > > "in demand" field to get into? What chances am I looking at to
> > > getting hired as a newbie DBA once I graduate?
> > >
> > > I want to get into the Ecommerce side of Oracle (connecting DBs to
> > > websites/portals?). Which certification/path should I be
> > > following? Thanks in advance!!
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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> Author: Les Ayudo
> INET: info_at_lesayudo.com
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