Re: Question about certification of ORACLE DBA

Your Oracle7.3 certificate will always be valid, meaning you can always say you have that certificate. Employers may or may not care about Oracle7.3 certificate, or any Oracle certificates.

Once you pass Oracle7.3 exams, you can take an upgrade exam called "Oracle8 New Features" to get the Oracle8 certificate. But I think you need to take the upgrade exam when the Oracle7.3 program still exists (likely for another year), after which you will need to pass five Oracle8 exams to get the O8 certificate.

>Subject: Question about certification of ORACLE DBA
>From: "tak" <ktho_at_ingr.com>
>Date: 9/4/98 10:32 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <sHaikfB29GA.206_at_pet.hiwaay.net>
>
>Dear all,
>
>I have interest in the certification of Oracle DBA but I want to clarify the
>following questions first. I will be grateful if you can answer me!
>
>1. I have gone through http://www.oracle.com/hk/edu and found the four
>courses for preparation of Oracle certification is still for version 7.3.
>Now, if I choose it and get the certification successfully, will it be
>retired because Oracle 8 has been launched already ?
>
>2. If Oracle DBA 7.3 will be retired, when is it ? Otherwise, do I need to
>attend all the exams again for Oracle DBA Certification if I only got
>version 7.3 ?
>
>3. Will I lose the Oracle Certified Professional if I didn't re-exam the
>Oracle 8 and got Oracle 7 only ?
>
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Tak
>
>mailto:ktho_at_ingr.com
>
>
Received on Thu Sep 10 1998 - 00:00:00 CEST