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Well, I finally passed the Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) 12c upgrade exam, 1Z0-060.  I got 86% right on the new features section and 78% correct on the general DBA section.  So, that means I missed roughly 7 questions on each … Continue reading →

I just finished reading Sam Alapati’s 12c OCP upgrade book for the first time and I really like it because of the content that it covered which I hadn’t discovered through my study of the Oracle manuals.  Also, it did … Continue reading →

Sweet!  I just installed the software from the CD that came with Sam Alapati’s book related to the OCP 12c upgrade exam and found that it has questions related to the key DBA skills section of the test.  Now I … Continue reading →

I haven’t even started on Sam Alapati’s OCP book but I realized today that Matthew Morris’s OCP 12c upgrade book has an outline of the Key DBA Skills section of the OCP exam and that is what I need most.  … Continue reading →

I guess I should have waited around a bit longer before taking my 12c OCP upgrade exam.  I purchased Kaplan’s Self Test software to prepare for the 12c OCP upgrade exam but it only included 50 questions and they only … Continue reading →

Well, I took the Oracle 12c OCP upgrade exam this morning and didn’t pass it.  I’ve spent many hours over the past weeks and months reading up on new 12c features and it wasn’t enough.  I also installed 12c databases … Continue reading →

I found this blog post about the Oracle 12c OCP exam useful: NO LONGER EXISTS In particular it explained why my Kaplan SelfTest software only covers the new 12c features and not general DBA skills section of the OCP exam. … Continue reading →

I got the newly available Kaplan test prep software for the Oracle 12c OCP upgrade exam. I took the test in certification mode when I was tired at the end of the day some day last week and got 44% … Continue reading →

I guess I have had a desk in an office since around Summer 1990 when I first reported for work in San Bernardino. I have moved offices multiple times including across the country twice and did not have a desk … Continue reading →

I just finished reading the Snowflake database documentation and I thought I would blog about my impressions. I have not spent a lot of time using Snowflake so I can not draw from experience with the product. But, I read all … Continue reading →