Oracle Adds Training Requirement To DBA Title

June 26, 2002-1 5, Oracle a policy requiring those who seek their O racle professional certification 9 i database database administrator certification to take related training course.

From now, the new candidates to 9 i database concept of the operation of the plan on behalf of the track to take a on the following categories from Oracle University: Oracle9i the launch of SQL Oracle9i database to a basic Oracle9i database fundamentals 2 Oracle9i Database Xingnaidiaoyou Oracle9i database of new features (available to those with Oracle in the name of operational experience in the previous release) introduction to Oracle: SQL language and PL / SQL complete the , candidates can participate in classroom training (starting dollars, in 2000 the United States), or use one of Oracle University of electronic learning products (starting in the $ 399 dollars).

Those who have passed at least one of Oracle 9i database examinations before June 15, will be exempted from from the requirement, as are those who plan to upgrade its concept from the database version 8 i .

"We are a first-class, in order to protect the value of Oracle and integrity of the certification process, and to ensure that the value of of the certification remains high, reached all levels of OCP, " Oracle said that the new policy.

Michael Ritacco, a senior nominal operation, in Houston, Texas City and founder of oraclenotes.com, a web site for candidates OCP, said he likes the idea of mandatory training.

"At least in the training requirement will ensure that the candidates introduced minimum amount of information along with some practical experience, In" br> , laboratory, "he said. "If the certification procedures have too many documents dbas, you low-quality certification, and hurts everyone." As for the additional cost, Ritacco suspects, many dbas will shrug it off.

"If you work, as the name of the operation, even if you are not certified, employers will usually for the upgrading of at least grade, qualify under these provisions, " he added.

Other dbas less enthusiastic. "I think this is a terrible idea," said in a posting certcities.com Help Forum. "The idea of certification is to prove that your skills development of the area. This means that Oracle fundamental trying to help pad their bottom line at the expense of professionals, In the end, only serve as a positive source of advertising Company in the first place. " Damir bersinic Joseph Yam, coaches, and the author certcities.com Help Oracle column, said that he and others are suspicious of Oracles financial incentive said: "They not ¡¡ money from testing, they make money from training. Who gets the money? Oracle. " "That" it does not intend to do anything to improve the quality of the national programme, "he added . "This will be different if they said, each person must take Xingnaidiaoyou or backup and restore methods ... is that no one will be able to walk on 9 i and to come out, I do not know How many Oracle, but in SQL syntax.

" According to Oracle, there are more than 115,000 Oracle certified experts rest of the world.

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-B. N.