Path: news.easynews.com!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news.webusenet.com!gestalt.direcpc.com!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr13.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!34d3422d!not-for-mail From: Karsten Farrell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc Subject: Re: Oracle 9i Certification References: <20021212145506.13934.00000004@mb-cr.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <20021212145506.13934.00000004@mb-cr.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 30 Message-ID: <6H8K9.186$cP2.19357098@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.117.210.172 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr13.news.prodigy.com 1039734594 ST000 67.117.210.172 (Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:09:54 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:09:54 EST Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: FKPGGX_EJ[U]CQ\Y\BCBNWX@RJ_XPDLMN@GZ_GYO^BTJUZ]CDVW[AKK[J\]^HVKHG^EWZHBLO^[\NH_AZFWGN^\DHNVMX_DHHX[FSQKBOTS@@BP^]C@RHS_AGDDC[AJM_T[GZNRNZAY]GNCPBDYKOLK^_CZFWPGHZIXW@C[AFKBBQS@E@DAZ]VDFUNTQQ]FN Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:09:54 GMT Xref: newsfeed1.easynews.com comp.databases.oracle.misc:90503 X-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:09:43 MST (news.easynews.com) Wazzy wrote: > Hi > > I would like to obtain certification for the above as cheaply as possible. > I have knowledge of RDBMS and SQL though I'm a bit rusty > in both. Can anyone recommend any training courses? Alternatively, > can I study for the exams without attending a course? Where can I get a free > copy of oracle? > Training courses (in descending expensive order ... sorta): consultant, Oracle training, private 3rd party, local universities, extension courses at local colleges, books, http://tahiti.oracle.com (free online manuals). Free copy of Oracle: http://otn.oracle.com (look in downloads). It's free as long as you only use it for learning purposes. > Are there any jobs out there where I can get hands on training? > Sure. There are plenty of places that will hire interns for peanuts (that's the small amount of money you get in exchange for experience). If you don't mind working your buns off for minimum wage (or if you're lucky, a bit more), it's not a bad way to start. Of course, I'm talking about here in the USA ... can't say what opportunities are like in other countries. > Any info. will be appreciated. > > Thanks