Re: Outrage that OCP exams are now unproctored - Comments?

I just passed the oracle 9i exam.

I think the process is very worthwhile. At least I got a feeling what Oracle 9i will provide other than 8i. My coworkers who did not try to study for the OCP does not even have the clue what else Oracle 9i can offer, and how it will improve our work, not because they cann't read English, because they do not have to. Your boss will not blame you for not using something he himself does not even know that exists.

One of my friend is working with a middle size company which has three DBAs. Every time they do a upgrade, they will take an outrage, I asked them why not using standby database, none of them even know such thing exists.

Another case, everytime they found that one or a few SQLs is not using the right path, they have to call their software company to send them an application patch, which of course means downtime and extra cost. I asked them why not using Outline Stabilty, they said they never heard of it.

"Don Burleson" <don_at_burleson.cc> wrote in message news:998d28f7.0212250820.5cc2fb6_at_posting.google.com...
> Greetings,
>
> I have heard a rumor that the Oracle9i OCP SQL exam is unproctored:
>
> "The new exam is un-proctored, meaning that you can take the exam
> unsupervised at your own location. If you do not have good internet
> access, proctored exams are delivered in a secure testing environment,
> at an Oracle University Training Center or Authorized Prometric
> Testing Center."
>
> Because there is no guarantee that the person taking the exam is the
> same person who registered for the exam, many DBAs feel that this
> practice degrades the value of Oracle certification, and makes it even
> more worthless than before.
>
> Comments?
Received on Thu Dec 26 2002 - 21:13:10 CST