Conversely, on *my* 30min drives to school with my Dad, his advice was: "Why don't you take the bloody bus!"
:-) --- Cary Millsap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I say this... > > "Don't confuse learning how to pass the performance > tuning exam with > learning how to make systems faster." > > I'll offer you my Dad's advice on this, which he > reiterated frequently > on our 30-minute drives to and from school: > > "There are two answers to every question your > teachers will ask you > while you're in school. There's the correct answer, > and there's the > answer that the teacher wants. I expect you to know > them both." > > > Cary Millsap > Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. > http://www.hotsos.com > > Upcoming events: > - Performance Diagnosis 101: 10/28 Phoenix, 11/19 > Sydney > - Hotsos Symposium 2004: March 7-10 Dallas > - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... > > > -----Original Message----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 3:05 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Thanks O'mladen one. > No really, thanks , good advice. I am really going > hyper about > performance > tuning exam. The course is so vast, and the exam so > expensive. > Honestly how can you test a newbie in performance > tuning ? shouldn't it > be > a part of ocm ? > Instead of putting that riduculous condition of > attending Oracle classes > to > give ocp they should see how much experience you > have before allowing > you to > appear for performance tuning exam. I would be much > more prepared for > the > exam if I had apprenticed under you for a while. > Look at me I haven't even read Cary's book ( wait a > minute , neither > have > many people on this list , thanks to amazon) > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 03:09 > > > > Realx and feel the force. Only if you open your > mind, you can master > the > > force. > > > > -- > > Mladen Gogala > > Oracle DBA > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 5:05 PM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Subject: guidance > > > > > > > > > List , I am planning to give my 9i performance > tuning exam on > > > the first . Any advice you all want to give me ? > Pretty > > > nervous about it. 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