OCP 8 REtiring questions! URGENT HELP Needed

[Ray]

Dear all,

I am on a Oracle 8 DBA track, and still have 2 more exams to complete (Performance Tuning and Network Admin) before OCP 8 retires end of this month. I will try to complete them before March 31, but what if I didn't pass them, do I have other alternatives other than taking all OCP 8i exams again?

Read in Oracle site, they have this "ORACLE8i Mix Release Path", that says I can do (in my situation) do IZO-024, IZO-026 PLUS a IZO-020, then I can get OCP 8i certification, is that true? Can someone advise?

Thanks,
Ray

[dba1]

If they said that on web site, it must be true. You'd better to call them to make sure of it.

[julian]

You have 3 basic choices:

1. Take the Oracle 8 Performance Tuning and Network Admin exams until the track retires. If you fail or just can't prepare in time:

2. Take the Oracle 8i Performance Tuning and Network Admin. Then you will be 8i certified (mixed track).

3. You can take Performance Tuning 8 and Network Admin 8i (or vice versa) and get the mixed 8i track certificate. I reckon Net8 for Oracle 8i is easier than the 8 one. You will not have to bother with the Inteligent Agent :-)

Anyway, no worries!

[sumi_ocp]

You should work hard man...