Re: Oracle certification

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:57:48 -0700, "Jeff Kellum" <jeff.kellum_at_coriolis.com> wrote:

>This may not be the appropriate place to post this, but I had a couple of
>Oracle DBA certification questions. One, for somebody who is looking to get
>his Oralce DBA certificaiton, is it recommend to go for an Oracle 7.3
>certification and then eventually take the Oralce 7.3 to Oracle 8 upgrade?
>Or, should he go for Oracle 8 certification?

That question is probably best posed to that person's prospective or current employer/client. With four tests for 7.3 plus one for the upgrade and five tests for 8, the same number of tests need to be written. I have just started the certification process -- passed two tests -- and decided to go all the way with 8 so that my clients that are interested know that I'm up on the latest technology.

There are obviously many companies that have decided not to upgrade for quite a while, and someone with 7.3 certification will be very useful in that case. That seems to be the only difference, in my mind.

>Also, are there any usergroups, web sites, or listservers that are dedicated
>strictly to Oracle certification. Any insight would be much appreciated.
>Thanks,
>JK

No, I haven't found any lists that are specifically dedicated. --
Barth Siemens
Change the email address from nospam to bsiemens. Received on Sun Apr 25 1999 - 19:32:54 CDT