Comments on: Oracle Database 11g: Advanced PL/SQL (1Z0-146)… http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/ Oracle related rants (and lots of off-topic stuff)... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-157397 Tim... Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:20:01 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-157397 Hi. I don't know if there are any books around that cover this exam. What I did was just run through my articles on 10g and 11g PL/SQL. You can find them here: http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/plsql/ArticlesPLSQL.php Remember, these exams are meant for people who have existing experience in the subject. Cheers Tim... Hi.

I don’t know if there are any books around that cover this exam. What I did was just run through my articles on 10g and 11g PL/SQL. You can find them here:

http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/plsql/ArticlesPLSQL.php

Remember, these exams are meant for people who have existing experience in the subject.

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Nkosi http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-157364 Nkosi Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:13:18 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-157364 Hi Guys , I'm an oracle certified proffessional and I want to do the Advanced PL/SQL exam .Please let me know which material can I use to do this. Regards Nkosi Hi Guys ,
I’m an oracle certified proffessional and I want to do the Advanced PL/SQL exam .Please let me know which material can I use to do this.

Regards
Nkosi

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-130293 Tim... Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:29:54 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-130293 Hi. I did 147, which has the same time limit, but 14 less questions. According to the website, 144 should be 80 questions in 90 minutes, so it appears to be correct. :( Anyway, well done. Passing these exams is a skill in its own right, quite apart from the technical knowledge required. :) Cheers Tim... Hi.

I did 147, which has the same time limit, but 14 less questions.

According to the website, 144 should be 80 questions in 90 minutes, so it appears to be correct. :(

Anyway, well done. Passing these exams is a skill in its own right, quite apart from the technical knowledge required. :)

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: cmi http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-130289 cmi Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:50:36 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-130289 An update for myself, since I now passed both 144 and 146. I have to say: 146 (OCP) was way easier then 144 (OCA). 144 was just sick because of the very short timespan (90 Minutes) and the huge load of questions (80). So you had ~1 minute per question. The problem was: you can not think about answers, marking questions to review them later is pointless because you don't have f**king time to do this. Maybe I was unlucky with the questions asked in the two tries but I doubt it. I had the feeling the huge code chunks you *had* to read (because of the "whats the outcome?") reduced the time you had for reading AND answering the "easy" questions to maybe 10-15 seconds. 146 felt like holidays to me after this p.i.t.a. called 1Z0-144. And when I talked to our DBAs I wondered if 144 is "working as intented" - they had 120minutes for 60 questions which consists just of some few sentences (so you didn't use up your time for this question by just reading it carefully) and almost no code blocks. Ok I'll stop the rant about this painful 144 here and be happy I finally made it. An update for myself, since I now passed both 144 and 146.

I have to say: 146 (OCP) was way easier then 144 (OCA). 144 was just sick because of the very short timespan (90 Minutes) and the huge load of questions (80). So you had ~1 minute per question. The problem was: you can not think about answers, marking questions to review them later is pointless because you don’t have f**king time to do this.

Maybe I was unlucky with the questions asked in the two tries but I doubt it. I had the feeling the huge code chunks you *had* to read (because of the “whats the outcome?”) reduced the time you had for reading AND answering the “easy” questions to maybe 10-15 seconds.

146 felt like holidays to me after this p.i.t.a. called 1Z0-144.

And when I talked to our DBAs I wondered if 144 is “working as intented” – they had 120minutes for 60 questions which consists just of some few sentences (so you didn’t use up your time for this question by just reading it carefully) and almost no code blocks.

Ok I’ll stop the rant about this painful 144 here and be happy I finally made it.

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-128537 Tim... Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:22:29 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-128537 Hi. It's this one: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28370/toc.htm Cheers Tim... Hi.

It’s this one:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28370/toc.htm

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Bill Rowell http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-128530 Bill Rowell Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:47:16 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-128530 Tim I just failed the Adavanced PL/SQL Exam by 5 points. I cannot find the Oracle 11.1 PL/SQL user guide that you mention. Can you give me a link to it or a link to any other materials that you would suggest. Thanks! Bill Tim
I just failed the Adavanced PL/SQL Exam by 5 points. I cannot find the Oracle 11.1 PL/SQL user guide that you mention. Can you give me a link to it or a link to any other materials that you would suggest.
Thanks!
Bill

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-128292 Tim... Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:18:23 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-128292 Hi. You will probably get most of the way there by reading the PL/SQL user guide in the Oracle documentation, which is free. Cheers Tim... Hi.

You will probably get most of the way there by reading the PL/SQL user guide in the Oracle documentation, which is free.

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Peter http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-128284 Peter Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:37:24 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-128284 Hi Tim, you mentioned that you didn't use a book to prepare. What if I am not that good (or insecure :-)) and I want to prepare using books. Which book(s) would you recommend? thanks, Peter Hi Tim,

you mentioned that you didn’t use a book to prepare. What if I am not that good (or insecure :-) ) and I want to prepare using books. Which book(s) would you recommend?

thanks,
Peter

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-126827 Tim... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:28:48 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-126827 Hi. It's not a book. It's an exam. I didn't use a book to prepare for the exam. Cheers Tim... Hi.

It’s not a book. It’s an exam. I didn’t use a book to prepare for the exam.

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Josan http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/15/oracle-database-11g-advanced-plsql-1z0-146/comment-page-1/#comment-126824 Josan Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:11:37 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1406#comment-126824 I can not find this book. Does anyone know his name? I can not find this book. Does anyone know his name?

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