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Not a problem iggy.  Hopefully my reply wasn't offensive (I frequently
speak before I think).

Cheers,

Bricklen

;-)

<snip>
iggy wrote:
> 
> I was wrong to say you were incorrect in your initial reply.  I should
> have said let me expand on that.
> 
> iggy
> 
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 02:20:31 GMT, Bricklen
> <bricklenREMOVETHIS@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >Allow me to clarify what should have been a pretty clear message:
> >8 is being retired, not 8i.  You have until the end of March (according
> >to the message I have received several times from oracle university) to
> >upgrade your existing Oracle 8 certification to 8i.  Doing so in this
> >time frame allows you to write ONE upgrade exam to get 8i cert., as
> >opposed to writing all 5 8i exams to get your 8i certification, if you
> >don't do it by the end of March.
> >
> >As you can see if you re-read my post, I never said anything about
> >retiring the upgrade exams.
> >
> >hth
> >
> >Bricklen
> >
> >iggy wrote: