Oracle Certification

Multiple Prometric IDs. What a pain.

Having exam records under two different Prometric IDs is one of the main causes you might not receive your Oracle certificate - even if you have completed all of the certification requirements.

First of all I should mention that you should always take all Oracle exams under one Prometric ID. This ID is your unique identifier within the Oracle certification program. If you create another ID by accident (or on purpose?) it will mess up your record, history and status in our certification database.

This is an issue at the root of many customer questions that we receive and it fortunately has a simple solution: merge your Prometric Testing IDs. Follow the steps below:

• Go to Prometric's customer service form at http://tinyurl.com/5frnss
• In the e-mail template, choose “Other” in the Subject line.
• In the body of the e-mail message, type "Request: Merge Multiple Prometric IDs for Oracle Certification Customer" and include the following information:
  • full name
  • first Prometric ID
  • second Prometric ID
  • other Prometric IDs (all records will be merged under your original Prometric ID unless you specify otherwise.)
  • the nature of your problem (e.g. missing certificate, etc.)
  • complete mailing address
  • telephone number
  • email address

Follow this procedure and your merged records will be sent tour certification database, helping tkeep our records accurate and avoid delays in getting certified.

Thanks!

QUICK LINKS

• Prometric customer service
  

The Oracle Certification team is considering the possibility of releasing an Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) certification. In an effort to determine the demand for such a certification as well as which role we have created a survey for candidates to share their thoughts.

Please access the survey here. [UPDATE: survey closed as of 14 Nov 2008]

We appreciate your help on this!

This year’s ExamCram is "Oracle Database 11g: New Features for Administrators." This free ExamCram will help you start your Oracle DBA Certified Professional upgrade to 11g.

The Database ExamCram is open to Oracle Database Administrator Certified Professionals who are paid, full-conference attendees. Since pre-registration is required, be sure and sign up here.

Check-in begins at 8:30am and session starts at 9:00am. Come take advantage of this great opportunity!

Visit our ExamCram page for more information.

Paul Sorensen
Director, Oracle Certification

QUICK LINKS:

• Register for ExamCram
• ExamCram Information
• Oracle OpenWorld 2008
  

So whether you’re recently certified, a certified veteran, or even just wondering about Oracle Certification, please stop and see us. You’ll find us at the OCP Lounge & Testing Center at Moscone South - Rooms 250 & 252.

Paul Sorensen,

Director, Oracle Certification

Enjoy the benefits of being an Oracle Certified Professional at the OCP Lounge. Offering a relaxing environment, informal meeting place, and light snacks. Additionally, the lounge has an online lab with access to FREE Self Test Software Practice Exams.

The OCP lounge is a members-only amenity, available only to current Certified Professionals and Certified Masters.

Where:
    Moscone South, Room 250

When:
    Monday through Wednesday 9:00am to 5:00pm
    Thursday 9:00am to 2:00pm

Oracle Certification is offering all production (non-beta) certification exams to registered conference attendees during the OpenWorld conference. We have eight sessions available - two per day, Monday Sep. 22 through Thu. Sep 25.

For more information on how to register, where to find the testing location, and what to bring, visit our Oracle OpenWorld 2008 Onsite Testing page.

Ever year I marvel at the sheer number of people that attend Oracle OpenWorld and their level of enthusiasm for Oracle and its products (Oracle does put on a great show).

We have a great setup for certification – forty-six testing stations in our testing center. Our OCP lounge has twenty-two workstations, access to free Self Test Software practice exams, and plenty of snacks and beverages.

Additionally, we are doing something really fun this year. We are doing some on-camera interviews with folks regarding their careers and experience with Oracle certification. It's been very insightful already and we've only just started. After the conference we plan to post some of the highlights on our website and/or in this blog.

The highlight for me at OOW every year is talking to people and hearing their questions and comments. I always come away with new ideas and a greater appreciation for the hard work that people put into getting certified and building their careers.

We look forward to meeting you personally if you're here – please stop by and see us at Moscone South 250/252.

(L-R) Certification team members at OpenWorld 2008: Paul Dezzutto, Harold Green, Carey Hardey, Paul Sorensen

Paul Sorensen,

Director, Oracle Certification

Bridge Exams

All of you probably know that you can upgrade one version of your certification with a single exam. However, bridge exams are the exams that allow someone who is certified on an old version of the Oracle database to upgrade two versions by skipping or jumping one version. For example, you can jump from Oracle9i to Oracle Database 11g with a single upgrade exam. In fact this exam is available now, with a corresponding training course from Oracle University launching soon.

We have bridge upgrade exams for the following upgrade paths for OCP DBAs:

• Oracle7.3 or Oracle8 to Oracle9i (exam 1Z0-035)
• Oracle8i to Oracle Database 10g (exam 1Z0-045)
• Oracle9i to Oracle Database 11g (exam 1Z0-055)

You can find out more information here about all of our upgrade paths.

Safe travels home to everyone that attended OOW 2008 in San Francisco. I hope to see you again next year!

Thanks,

Paul Sorensen,

Director, Oracle Certification