Oracle-L: RE: Passed Net8 OCP Exam

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:39:32 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D367A.20031016123932@fatcity.com>

Scott - My questions were distributed exactly as yours, maybe even the same questions, but it's all a blur now.

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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WooHoo! Congrats Dennis! So were the questions distributed the same as when I took it, or did they emphasize different areas? Just curious.

-Scott Stefick

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I just passed the Net8 Administration OCP exam. This was my last exam, so I suppose I am now an OCP for Oracle8i.

Thanks to everyone for their helpful tips. Some people said (or implied) that this is a very easy exam. I would dispute that. I found it just like the other exams, in that if you have quite a bit of on-the-job experience in the area, then it is easy. If not, you'll have to study more. In my case,

I don't like networking, and hate to drop everything to configure or debug someone's tnsnames.ora file.
Never had an Oracle networking class.
Our site has only needed local naming, so that is pretty much all my networking experience. Found all the questions related to local naming pretty easy. Never used Oracle Names, Connection Manager, MTS, Advanced Security. With the trend toward application servers with their connection pooling feature, I don't foresee us using any of those Oracle tools. I may need to use LDAP in the future, but that wasn't covered in the Oracle8i Net8 exam My goal was just to study and practice enough to practice the exam, and I accomplished the goal. Not a very lofty goal, but sometimes you do what you gotta do. Thanks everyone for the helpful suggestions.

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