Re: Should I get certified now, or wait for the 9i track?

I agree. It would be good to start now and be able to say you are certified on 8i. I am 8i certified and I expect that the upgrade will only be 1 exam.

"Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend_at_home.com> wrote in message news:B75545E9.161A4%markbtownsend_at_home.com...
> in article 3B2FD930.D210146F_at_attws.com, Daniel A. Morgan at
> Daniel.Morgan_at_attws.com wrote on 6/19/01 3:58 PM:
>
> > VWP914 wrote:
> >
> >> Just a question for those who have gone through certification. I am
> >> self-studying, and am just about ready to take test 1 on the 8i DBA
 track. I
> >> was wondering if I should wait for the 9i track. I would wait for it
 if it
> >> were to be available within a few months or so. Does anyone have any
 guesses
> >> about when the 9i certification track will be ready?
> >
> > I wouldn't wait. It will be a long time before good 9i materials are
> > available.
> > And 9i is a superset of 8i so hardly anything, probably nothing, you
 might
> > learn
> > will be wasted effort.
> >
> > Daniel A. Morgan
> >
> Well, Daniel is right and wrong. The Oracle9i material is actually ready
> (from Oracle's end at least), so you will be seeing it in the OCP in the
> short term (within 3 months). However, I also wouldn't wait - start the
> Oracle8i OCP now, and then take the make up courses to bring it up to
> Oracle9i when ready.
>
Received on Tue Jun 19 2001 - 20:38:04 CDT