About Oracle Certification

[Swathi Mallepeddi]

Hi,
Iam interested in doing oracle certification for DBA.Iam confused as such to do certification in oracle 8I or oracle9i.Is it better to do certification in oracle8i or 9i considering career wise.Is oracle9i better than 8i.Where can i get the books for the certification.Please kindly help me.
swathi

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Swathi,
The current version of Oracle is 10g. So, 9i is one back and 8i is two back. If you have a choice, I would go with 9i since it is more recent.

[Nicholas Cheung]

Iam confused as such to do certification in oracle 8I or oracle9i.Is it better to do certification in oracle8i or 9i considering career wise.

For career wise, of course, you should work with latest stuffs. In this case, I recommended 9i.
In money and certification wise, I recommend 8i first, and then upgrade to 9i as well as 10g. It is becos, Oracle announced that, if you took exams after Aug 30, 2002, you *MUST* take an Oracle Certified Training course. Otherwise, even you pass all 4 papers, you will NOT receive the certificate, and you are NOT regonzied by Oracle that you are Oracle9i DBA.
Details can be found:
http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/index.html?dba9i_ocpcoursereq.html
Nick
[ April 27, 2004: Message edited by: Nicholas Cheung ]

[B R Kalakheti]

So, do you mean if we take starts from 8i, we don't have to take that instructor's base class from Oracle University??

[Nicholas Cheung]

So, do you mean if we take starts from 8i, we don't have to take that instructor's base class from Oracle University??

YES. The course requirement applies to Oracle9i DBA track ONLY.
Nick

[Troy Zeng]

Hi, Nicholas. Could you tell me where can I get the Test Content Checklist for 1z1-036 Managing Oracle9i on Linux Beta Exam?

[Nicholas Cheung]

Could you tell me where can I get the Test Content Checklist for 1z1-036 Managing Oracle9i on Linux Beta Exam?

You can find the objectives from:
http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/objectives/index.html?36.html

Nick