Tag Archives: ocp

A History of (my) Certifications…

I was chatting with the lady doing OCP Lounge registrations at OOW11. During this chat I mentioned I hadn’t received a certificate for the SQL Expert certification. It never crossed my mind to re-request it, since my certifications are visible on certview.oracle.com anyway. Yesterday, a DHL man delivered the missing certificate, which prompted me to look [...]

Oracle Database 11g: Advanced PL/SQL (1Z0-146)…

Lewis Cunningham recently mentioned on twitter that he had taken this exam and it reminded me I had been meaning to take it ever since it was announced in beta, but never actually got round to it. A quick search of my blog revealed it’s nearly 2 years since I mentioned I wanted to sit [...]

OCA PL/SQL Developer and stuff…

Today has been a bit of a rare day… I hurt my back last night at Karate. I managed to get in on a cancellation at my osteopath, so off I went this morning to get everything straightened out. I left the osteopath just in time to get to the Prometric test center down the [...]

Oracle Certified Profesional (OCP) Database 11g…

I passed the Oracle Database 11g: New Features for Administrators (1Z0-050) exam today. It’s a bit of a relief because I feel like I’ve been preparing for this exam for a year. My first OCP revision article was written about 1 year ago, when I was hoping to be ready for the beta exam. Unfortunately, all the [...]

Flights, OpenWorld, VMware and stuff…

I realize I’ve been a little quiet of late, but life has been really busy and something had to give… Flights for my conference dates are now sorted. Big thanks to Victoria, LaShon and Sylia. I better get on the case and book my hotels. The plan is: Birmingham > Frankfurt > San Francisco > [...]

Automatic Storage Manager (ASM) Enhancements in 11g…

More OCP revision notes. This time an overview of ASM enhancements… Automatic Storage Manager (ASM) Enhancements in Oracle Database 11g Release 1 Cheers Tim…

Resource Manager Enhancements in 11g…

I’ve just put another Oracle 11g new features article live: Resource Manager Enhancements in Oracle Database 11g Release 1 Cheers Tim…

11g bits and bobs…

I’ve just released an article covering the Miscellaneous New Features section of the OCP upgrade exam. It contains a rather random assortment of stuff including: Online Table Redefinition Enhancements Enhanced Finer Grained Dependency Management DDL With the WAIT Option (DDL_LOCK_TIMEOUT) Invisible Indexes Query Result Cache Adaptive Cursor Sharing Temporary Tablespace Enhancements I was toying with [...]