On Monday 22 April 2002 22:43, Don Granaman wrote:
PS: I just found my medication (Jack Daniels) and shouldn't have another
relapse soon. My apologies...
Sipping Yukon Jack at the moment.
Some may find it difficult to reconcile my affinity for the sweet
YJ after seeing my posts on
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject:RE: What is truth?
I just took 5 months of classes (oracle dba). The entire focus of the
classes was to get the students to pass the exams -- we were told that
everyone forgets it all afterwards since anyway who can memorize it all?
Use
This is completely right!
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Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:38 PM
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My boss (one of those scarey-smart people) was taking some
certification test, when someone mused, I wonder how many questions he
will answer 'incorrectly' in
Do these qualify?
* Far too much emphasis on Oracle's GUI tools (OEM, DBCA, etc.)
* Too little emphasis on understanding too much on knowledge (i.e. rote
memorization)
* Treating ratios as the holy grail of tuning
* etc...
Don Granaman
[certifiable OraSaurus]
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To:
Yes, performance tuning using hit ratios. In preparation for that test
I studied hard on learning wrong answers to questions like:
Q) Hit-ratio is 45%, what to you do?
Ray Stell wrote:
My boss (one of those scarey-smart people) was taking some
certification test, when someone mused, I
Don, Ray - Think of the OCP as a subtle shift of power. Most of us talk
among ourselves and assume that we are captains of our own destiny. Trying
to make up for what Oracle has overlooked. Then the OCP comes along and we
have no choice but to accept Oracle's viewpoint, at least long enough to
Yeah, it's pretty bad. Fortunately, it's supported by the teaching
materials from Oracle's tuning classes :-).
The correct answer to the question is probably: Go to Connor's website
and get his wonderful, little tool which can lift your BCHR to anything
you want :).
Mogens
Suzy Vordos
Can't speak about the OCP tests, but a few years back I was asked to take
some Oracle tests as part of a screening interview with a head hunter. It
was obvious the tests were developed in-house and the person who wrote the
tests had been around Oracle just long enough to pick up on many myths,
On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 15:53, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
I took an Oracle class recently and was shocked to find that
generally the attitude was pointed toward passing the exam. If you asked a
question that was not aimed at clarifying understanding for the class, the
teacher wasn't very
I just took 5 months of classes (oracle dba). The entire focus of the
classes was to get the students to pass the exams -- we were told that
everyone forgets it all afterwards since anyway who can memorize it all?
Use the reference materials on the job like real people. (Hey, I've been
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Subject:RE: What is truth?
Can't speak about the OCP tests, but a few years back I was asked to take
some Oracle tests
I've sworn off the OCP rant as a lost cause, but I feel a temporary relapse
coming on
I don't think that (racheting up the difficulty of the OCP exams) would
happen. Here is my (perhaps demented) reasoning.
Presumptuous Assumptions:
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* The real goal of the entire
Don Granaman wrote:
Do these qualify?
* Far too much emphasis on Oracle's GUI tools (OEM, DBCA, etc.)
* Too little emphasis on understanding too much on knowledge (i.e. rote
memorization)
* Treating ratios as the holy grail of tuning
* etc...
Don Granaman
[certifiable OraSaurus]
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