Re: Another OCP slant...

[Tanel Poder]

Title: RE: Another OCP slant...

Hi!   Why did you take 8 + 1 tests for 8 and 8i DBA? 5 + 1 should have been enough?   Back in summer of 1999 when I wen't to EOUG yearly conference, Oracle promoted their OCP exams there and let people take their exams free. I thouht, what the heck, let's give it a try - and completed all 5 exams in one day ;) After that I was kind of disappointed that the exams were so easy (I had only about 1,5 yr Oracle experience by then).   But now I see guys who spend a month memorizing every word in exam cram books and still pass the exams, without having any skill to maintain actual real life databases... Currently, only thing OCP says to me right now, is that the guy/girl owning it, isn't a complete loser and at least is willing to do someting. Whether getting OCP is the right thing to do fist in Oracle career, is a different issue.   Tanel. Previously OCP 8-9i, now Oracle Certified Master. ----- Original Message ----- From: April Wells To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:34 PM Subject: RE: Another OCP slant... for 8 and 8i, I used the Exam cram books and the Osborne book for 8i.  Took all of the 8 OCP tests and the upgrade test in 8 weeks.   April Wells Oracle DBA/Oracle Apps DBA Corporate Systems Amarillo Texas You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need. ~ Jerry Gillies ~ -----Original Message----- From: Stefick Ronald S Contr ESC/HRIDD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:19 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Another OCP slant... No, I sat through thte Oracle Education Classes and studied from the books given in the class.  They make for great reference books now as well. -----Original Message----- From: Denham Eva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:34 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Another OCP slant... Hello Folks, I have discovered something *very* disturbing. We have a person(x2) who has earned their MCDBA - Microsoft DBA certifiction. These two don't have any clue, about database issues, when pressed to how they did it, it came out that they used the threads on a website called www.braindumps.com Beyond the ethical implications and all the other issues. Has anyone on this list used the tips/suggestions to study for their OCP exams? Are they any good as an aid? Regards Denham Eva Oracle DBA Linux like TeePee... 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