Re: How to confirm someone is an OCP?

A perfect description !!

And thank you for not highlighting some of the other errors I've made over the years :)

Note Bowie's "Heathen" album, is No. 9 in Australia this week. We shall dominate the world yet.

Hope you are recovering from your current illness.

Regards

Richard
"Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message news:aghc8d$d4i$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz...
> To quote the immutable (and inimitable) Dr Johnson: Sarcasm is the supreme
> form of wit because anyone that can do it is a cynical bastard upon whose
> back it would be unwise to turn. Something like that.
>
> If you keep on like this, Richard, I shall have no recourse but to expose
> your Minties fetish. And then where will you be??? Huh, huh??
>
> For the record, Richard was the only person that made Performance Tuning
> even moderately pleasurable. Even if he did get the block size issue
wrong,
> and even if he is wedded to private rollback segments.
>
> He is seeking treatment as we speak at the Retirement Home for Gentlemanly
> DBA folk with psychotic delusions of Rock Grandeur.
>
> All mail to: "Bewilderment House
> The Back of the Beyond
> Sunny Hah! Canberra
> Australia"
>
> Post Code: Minus 9 Celsius
>
> Posters are advised to beware the man that speaks in lyrics (bad ones),
with
> many references to obscure "popular" musicians, such as a certain David
> Bowie, provenance unknown.
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
> "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:0PQW8.31798$Hj3.96367_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > Howard, sarcasm just doesn't become you :) Not.
> >
> > Richard
> > "Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message
> > news:aggl6l$int$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz...
> > > This one is too easy.
> > >
> > > There are two alternatives.
> > >
> > > Ask them how many extents a rollback segment should have. If they
answer
> > > "20", they're OCP. If they answer "what's a rollback segment", it's a
> > good
> > > chance they're a 9i OCP. If they answer "Have you considered the pro's
> and
> > > con's of automatic undo management where this is not an issue",
they're
> > not
> > > OCP, but they might be a little too in love with marketing for
comfort.
> If
> > > they answer "6, and I'll point you to the page on Steve Adams' website
> > where
> > > he demonstrates why this is appropriate", they're definitely not OCP,
> and
> > > I'd hire them on the spot.
> > >
> > > The other is just as easy: ask them what an appropriate block size
might
> > be
> > > for a new database you plan to create. If they answer "is this a data
> > > warehouse or an OLTP database?", they're OCP. If they answer "What
> > operating
> > > system", they're not, and I'd nearly hire them on the spot. To warrant
> > truly
> > > instant hiring, they'd have to append "and are you using raw?"
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > HJR
> > >
> > > (And no, I'm sorry I don't know the real answer to your question, but
my
> > > first port of call would be to ring someone at Oracle Univeristy).
> > >
> > >
> > > "Andy" <enzoweb_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:8d4033cd.0207092215.183918a5_at_posting.google.com...
> > > > I am going to be looking for a DBA soon, and it's occurred to me
that
> > > > if someone tells me they are an Oracle Certified Professional I
think
> > > > I'll want to confirm it.
> > > >
> > > > Do the Oracle Education people keep a record, and would they tell me
> > > > if someone was an OCP if I asked, or would that come under some Data
> > > > Protection Act (I'm in Australia)?
> > > >
> > > > Is there a certificate or letter I can ask to see?
> > > >
> > > > Not being an OCP myself, I don't know what to look for.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 10 2002 - 21:22:00 CDT