Re: DBA Exams

From: Robin Smith <smithrc_at_zdbaora.nat.bt.com>
Date: 07 Jan 2000 17:22:50 +0000
Message-ID: <x27lhlx0d1.fsf@zdbaora.nat.bt.com>

Wuchun Shen <shen.wuchun_at_bcg.com> writes:

> I always think the RMAN stuff is crazy!! How can Oracle put that shit
> into a formal test?
> I never used RMAN, does that mean I don't know B/R? Of course not.
>
> I think SQL/PLSQL is the easiest. Tuning is the most difficult just like
> some other guys said here.
>
>
> Mel wrote:
>
> > In article <84tr0m$eev$1_at_news.smartworld.net>,
> > "Joseph Cherian" <jcherian_at_freewwweb.com> wrote:
> > > Which of the Oracle DBA exams is the easiest to take?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > My personal order (easiest first)
> >
> > 1. Backup and Recovery - the only tricky thing on this exam is the
> > bloody RMAN syntax!
> > 2. Concepts
> > 3. Network Administration
> > 4. PL/SQL + SQL (but I haven't ever been a developer, so the pl/sql
> > stuff was pretty scary to me)
> > 5. Performance Tuning (lots of bizarre equations and statistics to
> > remember)

I always thought that these exams were to generate income for someone, this seems to confirm what I thought.

Robin Received on Fri Jan 07 2000 - 11:22:50 CST