Oracle Bumps Back Training Req.
7/17/2002 -- Oracle recently gave candidates of its OCP DBA 9i title a short reprieve from its newly announced training requirements.
When Oracle introduced the mandatory training policy one month ago, the company said it was effective immediately for anyone who had yet to pass a 9i exam. Recently, however, Oracle pushed the deadline back.
"In order to allow candidates more time to adapt to the new requirement, Oracle University has extended the Oracle 9i DBA Certified Professional credential course requirement deadline to September 1, 2002," its Web site now states.
Candidates can avoid the requirement by passing their first 9i exam before the above deadline. Anyone upgrading their DBA certification from version 7.3 or later is exempt from the requirement.
A list of online and classroom instructor-led courses that meet the requirement can be found here.
For more information on this announcement, click here.  - B.N.
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There are 27  user Comments for “Oracle Bumps Back Training Req.”
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| 8/8/02: Anonymous says: |
You got that right. |
| 8/12/02: Wombat Kelly from Perth says: |
I agree that there are no certifications that match the CCIE. All others (including the toddler versions of CISCO) are mere facades of actual accomplishment. |
| 8/12/02: Peter from Hong Kong says: |
I've asked Oracle and they sent me a feedback said that one can REGISTER ONE exam before 01-Sep and take the exam on or after 01-Sep to avoid the training requirement. (More important: No matter pass this exam or not, one can still avoid to attend training course) |
| 8/12/02: Sam says: |
Hello Peter, Can the one exam be the very first one: Introduction to Oracle9i:SQL, which serves both as OCA, and OCP, to avoid the "cours requirement"? Can you share their email address which you used to contact Oracle for the matter? Thanks! |
| 8/13/02: Peter says: |
Hi Sam, I've sent question to this email ([email protected]) and get reply from two other guys but it's not good to disclose other email address without permission from the owners. Here are the replied messages: > Peter > Not neccessary to pass the exam. I believe > that you need only have "registered" with > prometric for the exam. ie register before Sept > 1, for an exam to be taken later in the year. > This is correct. We are encouraging people to sit > the exam before Sept 1, but, for > example, if they register in Prometrics system on > Aug 30, to book an exam on Oct 30 , > they are covered. Passing is not essential. > > If you are ready to take the exam, I would recommend > that you sit for it before Sept 1 if > you possibly can. |
| 8/13/02: Peter from Hong Kong says: |
Hi friends, remember to enter "OTN20" as promotion code to get 20% off in OCP exams. Sam, I've registered 1Z0-007 as my first exam to avoid the EXPENSIVE instructor-led courses. Good Luck!! |
| 8/13/02: Sam says: |
Peter, Thanks a lot and I really appreciate for your generous help! 20% discount can buy another preparation book:-) Oracle's action is not fair, a 5-day class is just a more effective cram session, not necessarily much experience, the argument is only valid if (1) the tests do not require much experience to pass; (2) everybody except Oracle instructors are somewhat stupid. It would be fair if they add another exam that will test actual DBA operations, like CCIE lab. |
| 8/20/02: P. Ramchandran from India says: |
This is Recession time. Oracle is trying to recover from it by making training compulsory for OCP. Huh... |
| 8/23/02: Sam says: |
Hi Peter, I send the email to Oracle, and they have disabled that email address, and I received an auto-reply message and pointed me to phone contact, I got different answers from them, two are same as yours and the other twos claim that you have to take the exam before 9/1, i failed to get emails from them, unfortunately. The last one I called claimed that he is the manager and he is going to send out a msg to his group to have same policy. Sorry I may actually messed up things. Any of your suggestion is appreciated! Thanks! Sam |
| 8/25/02: Eric says: |
Hi everyone, I am taking my exam in a few days time, not quite prepared (cos nv touch 9i before), but gonna take this exam to beat the deadline..if in the unfortunate event that i dun make the grade, am i considered to have fulfilled the ORACLE requirement? do i still have to go for the class in future? |
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