Hello Jared, I stand corrected. I dug into my folder of certification paperwork, and find that I took the first three Oracle7 exams in November of 1998. I retook the performance tuning exam in April 1999, passed.
Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. Thursday, July 17, 2003, 5:16:02 PM, you wrote: JSrc> Nope, wasn't '97. JSrc> The OCP tests were free that year. Took em all in an afternoon. JSrc> As they were beta tests, they were rather lengthy: about 160 questions JSrc> each. JSrc> Jared JSrc> Jonathan Gennick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JSrc> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JSrc> 07/17/2003 12:59 PM JSrc> Please respond to ORACLE-L JSrc> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JSrc> cc: JSrc> Subject: Re[2]: Another OCP slant... JSrc> Thursday, July 17, 2003, 3:19:24 PM, you wrote: JR>> Yipe! Not having taken the OCP route (yet -- or, if ever), how much JSrc> does JR>> the fail-retake-retake method cost in $$$? JSrc> Well, I only failed once, and at that particular OpenWorld, JSrc> which I think was in 1997, they were offering a show special JSrc> price of only $35/exam. What's a cert book cost? More than JSrc> $35 I should think. JSrc> Since then it's been only one upgrade exam every year or JSrc> two, at a cost of around $135 (I think), so I just take the JSrc> risk. But remember, even though I don't read cert books, I JSrc> *do* read manuals, and I *do* spend a lot of time JSrc> researching and experimenting the new features in each JSrc> release. I can't say enough for setting up a small lab JSrc> environment and just having at it. JSrc> Best regards, JSrc> Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are JSrc> http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JSrc> Join the Oracle-article list and receive one JSrc> article on Oracle technologies per month by JSrc> email. To join, visit http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, JSrc> or send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and JSrc> include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. JSrc> -- JSrc> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jonathan Gennick INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
