yeah I tried going thru the Oracle cert book that I borrowed, but for some reason I just dont 'get' it--not that i'm slow or anything but I never did like Oracle...(or maybe i'm not in the mood).
I probably would enjoy learning the innards of mysql but I might end up wasting my time (for the second time--I once mastered a database that is no longer on the market, its a very very sad feeling)..so anyway thanks, i'm still thinking about it. jondz > > At 10:34 PM 3/13/2003 -0500, Hagibis Fan wrote: > > Hagibis, > > Not much of a mysql user but i'm using it on some of our > services. My honest opinion would be not to certify on it, why? Its not > that big of a RDMS like Oracle, DB2, MSSQL, etc. to be of any significance > on your resume. > > >are there any mysql users in here? I am thinking > >of getting an mysql certification (to improve my > >resume--could be useful later). most of the > >people in my day job dosnt take it seriously, > >but i *really* do like it. > > Haven't got that big of a data on it yet but i can vouch for it to > be able to scale on large applications. One problem with mysql though is > its unability to have triggers (future release will sport it already). You > might want to check PostgreSQL also. {=) > > >do you use it in a serious > >application, and like how much rows do you estimate > >on your largest table? I have it on my > >webserver at around 20k rows but i dont know how it > >would behave in large applications. > > --- > Cheers, > > Reynald I. Ngo > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]