Re: oracle certified DBA

From: Marti King <martik_at_tmpl.ca>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:00:55 -0700
Message-ID: <38162497.65F72987@tmpl.ca>

You need practical experience to pass the exam. I would suggest you practise different recovery/backup senarios, write some pl/sql scripts, triggers etc.

Feng Lu wrote:

> I have a master's degree in Computer Science and have worked as a
> application software engineer for 4 years in the US. I am thinking about
> getting certified for Oracle DBA, switch gear and pursue a career related to
> database administration. I have good academic background in database design
> and have used DBASE4, FoxPro and PowerBuilder in several database classes I
> took while I was in school.
>
> Will I have problem to pass the certification test if I study on my own? If
> I pass the test, will it still be difficult to find a Oracle admin job
> since I don't have any working experience in that field?
>
> Thanks for advice.
>
> Feng
Received on Tue Oct 26 1999 - 17:00:55 CDT