Comments on: Oracle Database SQL Expert (1Z0-047)… http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/ 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: Duke Ganote http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-126521 Duke Ganote Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:51:48 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-126521 I agree with your assessment of the exam. Not including analytic functions as "expert knowledge" is insane, especially if you're in data warehousing or reporting! http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/data-ruminations/certifiable-by-oracle-40613 I agree with your assessment of the exam. Not including analytic functions as “expert knowledge” is insane, especially if you’re in data warehousing or reporting!
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/data-ruminations/certifiable-by-oracle-40613

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-125913 Tim... Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:03:33 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-125913 Hi. I used 15 years worth of SQL experience and a flick through the SQL manual. Cheers Tim... Hi.

I used 15 years worth of SQL experience and a flick through the SQL manual.

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: chinthaka http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-125895 chinthaka Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:18:53 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-125895 Hi could u plese send me trainig maritials for this exam(0z0-047) Hi

could u plese send me trainig maritials for this exam(0z0-047)

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-125316 Tim... Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:20:06 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-125316 Hi. Fortunately I've been doing SQL for over 15 years, so that doesn't apply to me. :) Lots of University professors are top of their game without ever working in industry. Do they not qualify for "Expert" status? I don't think this exam really indicates you are an expert, but there are lots of experienced SQL programmers that would fail it. Not sure what that means... :) Cheers Tim... Hi.

Fortunately I’ve been doing SQL for over 15 years, so that doesn’t apply to me. :)

Lots of University professors are top of their game without ever working in industry. Do they not qualify for “Expert” status?

I don’t think this exam really indicates you are an expert, but there are lots of experienced SQL programmers that would fail it. Not sure what that means… :)

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Don Burleson http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-125285 Don Burleson Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:40:09 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-125285 Hi Tim, >> shite? I had to look that one up in my Funk & Wagnall . . . ************************** >> So I am now an “Oracle Database: SQL Certified Expert” Do you think that it;s right for to be certified as experts without any experience? Hi Tim,

>> shite?

I had to look that one up in my Funk & Wagnall . . .

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>> So I am now an “Oracle Database: SQL Certified Expert”

Do you think that it;s right for to be certified as experts without any experience?

]]> By: Noons http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-125187 Noons Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:52:54 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-125187 "So I am now an “Oracle Database: SQL Certified Expert” as well as a grumpy old shite" Hey, I resemble part of that remark! :) “So I am now an “Oracle Database: SQL Certified Expert” as well as a grumpy old shite”

Hey, I resemble part of that remark!
:)

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-125147 Tim... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:02:47 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-125147 Pierre: Thanks for that. I searched for them when I got back from the exam and only found them under the title of "Comparison Operators" in older versions of the PL/SQL documentation. They are not mentioned by that name in the 11gR2 docs. :) I looked through the SQL docs and didn't notice them. Obviously didn't look hard enough. :) It's a pain the butt having several terms for the same thing. You can image the difficulty in searching the docs for "ALL" or "ANY". :) I'll correct the post. Cheers Tim... Pierre:

Thanks for that. I searched for them when I got back from the exam and only found them under the title of “Comparison Operators” in older versions of the PL/SQL documentation. They are not mentioned by that name in the 11gR2 docs. :)

I looked through the SQL docs and didn’t notice them. Obviously didn’t look hard enough. :) It’s a pain the butt having several terms for the same thing. You can image the difficulty in searching the docs for “ALL” or “ANY”. :)

I’ll correct the post.

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Pierre http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-125142 Pierre Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:50:59 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-125142 Actually ANY and ALL are documented in SQL Language Reference 11.2 in table 7.2 http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e10592/conditions002.htm#sthref1928. I remember that these operators are also just mentioned in one of the last page of T.Kyte book "Oracle Effective By Design" when Tom recommends the reader to read SQL Reference book. Actually ANY and ALL are documented in SQL Language Reference 11.2 in table 7.2
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e10592/conditions002.htm#sthref1928.

I remember that these operators are also just mentioned in one of the last page of T.Kyte book “Oracle Effective By Design” when Tom recommends the reader to read SQL Reference book.

]]> By: Zeeshan Baig http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-125141 Zeeshan Baig Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:42:18 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-125141 Congrats.....nice one....i agree with you :) Congrats…..nice one….i agree with you :)

]]> By: Frits Hoogland http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2010/07/29/oracle-database-sql-expert-1z0-047/comment-page-1/#comment-125133 Frits Hoogland Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:29:09 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-125133 I think you touch a point that I have with the Oracle (and other IT related) exams: it's a memory game for the most part. Passing the test means you've memorized the rights parts. It doesn't say anything about being able to use the stuff you've learned in real life. As you say: if I want to implement partitioning, I get the syntax of the statement out of the documentation. Also, I get to the documentation to learn all the possibilities about composite partitioning. I think you touch a point that I have with the Oracle (and other IT related) exams: it’s a memory game for the most part. Passing the test means you’ve memorized the rights parts. It doesn’t say anything about being able to use the stuff you’ve learned in real life. As you say: if I want to implement partitioning, I get the syntax of the statement out of the documentation. Also, I get to the documentation to learn all the possibilities about composite partitioning.

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