From: Brian McCabe Subject: Re: DBA Certification Study and Pretest Material Date: 1997/04/04 Message-ID: #1/1 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: mitc.demon.co.uk References: <5hs5a2$lnl@lace.colorado.edu> Organization: McCabe IT Consulting Limited Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.marketplace,comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases.oracle.tools I am interested in finding out more about the DBA certification process itself.....ie: what does it give you (other than a quslification), what worth is the qualification outside of the U.S.?...is it possible to gain certification in the U.K.? Is there a URL which I could use to find out these 'basic' details about certification? Anyone who (particularly based in the UK) has gained certification and could share their views with me would be extremely welcome. TIA Brian In article <01bc3fc0$66206100$89f9adcd@cookp.mo.chaparralsteel.com>, Phil Cook writes >A couple of sources that provide questions are : > >Oracle Advanced Tuning And Administration from Oracle Press, >there are 100 questions in the back with detailed explanations. >Another source is dbaPREP from D.O.C, a computerized >Windows-based testing tool. > >Phil Cook > >mdlarson@mail.uccs.edu wrote in article <5hs5a2$lnl@lace.colorado.edu>... >> Does anyone know where I may find ORACLE DBA certification preview tests or >> study material. I know the tests are given by Sylvan Centers. >> >> Also if anyone has taken this test-- Do you have any pointers? Do you know >> approximately what percent is necessary to pass? etc. >> >> Please email answers to mdlarson@mail.uccs.edu >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> -- Brian McCabe McCabe IT Consulting Limited brian@mitc.demon.co.uk