1z0-102 topics = enough?

Hi,
I found this link about the 1Z0-102 exam http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=5001&get_params=p_exam_id:1Z0-102&p_org_id=&lang=
By your experience, I would like to know if these topics listed are the only topics I must to study to pass on this test.
I know if I study more, I will get more knowledge, but to focus on this exam, is it enough? If no, what more can I study?
Thank you.

there are some exams where users complain that they encountered questions which are not related to any topic, I've taken a bunch of Oracle exams and I can say that no question has ever struck me as being outside the bounds of what the topics listed are. That said, with just a single sentence (or sentence fragment) to work with, it is not always easy to determine exactly what all information Oracle Education intends to be covered by a particular topic. When I'm writing study guides, I often have to do as much research to figure out what is meant by a given topic as I do pulling together the information needed to cover it.
I'm inclined to believe that most if not all of any such complaint are cases where someone did not realize the full extent of what was covered under a particular topic. This is not necessarily the testers fault, because, as I've said, the topics are sometimes vague. I have sometimes been surprised on exams by questions that I didn't expect, but I could still map that question to one of the topics from the list.
nor the response is in the official study guides (Recommended training and preparation).The official preparation isn't guaranteed to cover every single question that may appear on the exams. The Oracle courses and the exams normally are in very close lockstep in terms of the information taught and the information tested. Taking the recommended course, however, doesn't mean that you should not also prepare using a second method as well.

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Weblogic 11 G Certification 1Z0-102 Contents Updated?

Hi,
I've been working for 1Z0-102 Weblogic 11g Exam since some time now and I recently checked the exam objectives to validate my prep. It looks like it has been reduced and although objectives still cover clustering and fail over, exam contents do not !
Am I looking at wrong information, or it has been updated? Was it ever there? I can recall having these topics in WLS 11G Cert. Can someone validate?
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=5001&get_params=p_exam_id:1Z0-102&p_org_id=&lang=
Look at following text from above link :
The Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle WebLogic Server 11g System Administrator should have a firm grasp on the administrative tasks performed by a WebLogic Server 11g System Administrator, including installing and configuring Oracle WebLogic Server 11g, deploying Java EE applications to Oracle WebLogic Server 11g, and configuring Oracle HTTP Server as a Web proxy for Oracle WebLogic Server. OCAs certified as a WebLogic Server 11g System Administrator should also be able to configure Oracle WebLogic Server cluster to support failover and load balancing for applications*.
Certification is obtained by passing the certification exam: 1Z0-102, Oracle WebLogic Server 11g: System Administration I.
Does it mean Cluster is no longer part?
Thanks.

It is possible (though infrequent) for exam topics to be updated; there are precedents for this; it happened on DBA OCA/OCP 10gR1->10gR2 and for Solaris 10 under sun. It also happens sometimes after beta.
That is why it is always useful to periodically go back and check as you have sensibly done.
I admit my knowledge of weblogic is patchy. I know very few some obscure parts, a lot of basics I don't know.
From the knowledge I have (which may be imperfect) I believe you are right to question why:
On the exam topics page: http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=5001&get_params=p_exam_id:1Z0-102&p_org_id=&lang= there appears to be noo mention of any clustering topics. On the associated certifcation page http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=458&get_params=p_track_id:Weblogic11g as you rightly say the certification does cover clustering. The suggested training course: http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=609&p_org_id=1001&lang=US&get_params=dc:D58682GC20,p_preview:N .... covers clusters.
At least three possibilities exist:
- Clustering covered under other topics or throughout exam (IMHO unlikely)
- Clustering topics were in exam, but removed, and certiifcation description not changed to suit.
- Clustering topics are on exam but missed from topics list on the webpage
Brandye (cert forum moderator) is usually great at checking this and following up (but she can anlso randomly on holiday etc) .... but IMHO there is more than enough reason here to raise a SR here (note it may take a few days to get an answer):
http://education.oracle.com/pls/eval-eddap-dcd/OU_SUPPORT_OCP.home?p_source=OCP
( Not sure about which Issue type to choose ... its a toss up between ( BEA Certifcation / Certification details or OTHER) ... I think OTHER might be safest).
Post the SR number back on this Thread for Brandye to follow up if she passes by.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My knowledge of this anything that follows is very very sketchy and non authorative. I may be talking rubbish during part of it, and I defer to those who know such technology areas better):
There are/have recently been a number of weblogic related changes ... and Oracle may be steering to view management of weblogic clusters down a different angle:
Looking at the all exams and all certification pages ...
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=632
I see a number of certifcations / exams which appear to be related to weblogic / weblogic clusters to a greater/lesser degree:
Oracle WebLogic Server 10g System Administrator Certified Expert (WLS 10g OCE via 1z0-108 ) #### This certainly covers clusters ...
Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle WebLogic Server 11g System Administrator ( WLS 11g OCA via 1z0-102)
Oracle Cloud Application Foundation Certified Implementation Specialist (CLOUDAPP OCS via 1Z0-468) ### very loose connection ( beta finishing soon)
Oracle Application Grid 11g Essentials (APPGRID OCS via 1z0-523) ### quite loose connection
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Certified Implementation Specialist (WLS 12c OCS via 1z0-599) ### Covers cluster
... I suspect as the WLS 11g OCA is at OCA level I postulate it may have been felt appropriate to leave clustering it for a later or different exam (e.g. WLS OCP 11 should that ever appear). Generally the OCS exams are for Oracle Partners and often lean towards installation/deployment of the associated product and things needed by a partner.

1Z0-117 topics

Looking at http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=5001&get_params=p_exam_id:1Z0-117&p_org_id=&lang= , i noticed that the principal categories of topics are SQL Statement Tuning and Parallel Queries (those with red). Last month i saw also a Data warehouse section (with red) with two content topics, but currently no. However, the Oracle Database 11g: Administer a Data Warehouse is still present in the Exam preparation (Oracle University Training and Preparation) section. Why?
Are data warehouse subjects not related anymore to this exam, and not needed for preparation, since nothing about data warehouse can be seen in the 'Exam topics'?
Thanks

I know that "mistake", operations vs operators Yep -- I spent many hours beating my head against the wall trying to fit 'Operators' into those topics before I finally figured out what they meant to say.
Will that be related to 11gR2 (like D52163GC20 course) so it will contain the latest information? I am using all 11G R2 documentation to research for the guide.
It will be public or we must pay for it..?You don't have to do anything at all. But no -- the guides aren't free. I don't make a fortune from this series by any means. However, if I gave the guides away, there would be zero incentive to spend incredible amounts of my free time researching the information. My day job is a Developer/DBA. That I like because I love writing code. It's like Soduku puzzles to me. I like solving problems and seeing the results. By contrast, writing study guides is mind-numbingly boring. I like the results, but a good portion of that is simply "Woo Hoo! I'm finished".
I hope to have the 1Z0-117 guide out within a week of the exam going into production. The missing Data Warehouse topics has thrown a wrench in the works. Now I don't know if I should work on those topics this weekend as I planned (and maybe have to throw them out) or start expanding other sections since they will conceivably play a greater role in the production exam. Probably I'll work on the Data Warehouse topics just in case.

Weblogic certification 11g 1z0-102

Looking for a good book to prepare for this exam.
Right now I am reading Oracle Weblogic Server 11gR1 PS2: Administration Essentials by Michel Schildmeijer.

You can try with oracle weblogic server 11g administration handbook - Sam Alapati.I already bought this book and have completed first three chapters.I think this book is the best guide for Weblogic certification.Good Luck.

1Z0-051

Hey,
I have just started working, and since my work profile deals with sql and pl/sql development primarily I want to go for 1Z0-051 exam. My query is as follows:
1.I want to know the level of difficulty to expect. I plan to study for the same from the official guide for 1.5 -2 months. Will it turn out to be enough?
2.Is the helping material like the simulation exam absolutely necessary given ?
3.Does a OCA certification with relatively lesser experience useful?
Thanks in advance.\_/

845910 wrote:
What are your thoughts about the simulation exams provided in the cd with 1Z0-051 watson guide?Well there is a couple of mistakes, the exam, particular the downloaded bonus one, can seem a little clunky and even annoyingly buggy.
My view on smulation exams and test questions are that i regard them to be rare golddust. I only use them after all my other preparations are complete. And even then only one at a time. In other words I use them to confirm my skills and identifiy gaps at the end of my preparation.
Generally the question set can be used for exams or for learning. If you use them for learning you may get to the exam point quicker, but there is danger of learning the questions and not the exam topics.
Apart from that can we also take help from the exams on the cd's for exams 1Z0-007,1Z0-047, while preparing for 1Z0-051?1z0-007 will cover a comparable topic set and level to 1z0-051 therefore sample questions and anwers will generally be valid.
1z0-047, while it is a superset of 1z0-051 topics, will generally have questions that concentrate on 1z0-047 specific topics and to a higher difficulty level. Therefore IMHO 1z0-047 questions will probably be more of a hinderance than a help to people studying 1z0-051.
If you really are massively into simulations, and have the money, Oracle have a Kaplan IT as a practice exam provider. See http://certification.oracle.com/ - Preparation - Practice Tests.
- (Nearly all other simulations you will find on the net are braindump simulations and must be avoided)

What next after 1z0-451 certification

Hi All,
I have passed 1z0-451 exam with good marks, now I am thinking what should be the next step, please clarify my following query:
1) Which certification related to Oracle SOA Suite 11g middware should I prepare, I found 1z0-102 on Oracle site, are there any other certifications?
Help appreciated!
Thanks
Edited by: 905535 on 25 Feb, 2012 8:23 PM

Hi
I'm planning to go for 1z0-451 exam. Would you please share your learning path for it.
I'm confused a bit on Oracle SOA Foundation Practitioner Exam and Oracle Service Oriented Architecture Infrastructure Implementation Certified Expert.
Are these two diff certification programmes?
Passing IZ0-451 gives us what certificate of the two mentioned, and how to get the other one?
Oracle Site (http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_org_id=1080544&lang=US&p_exam_id=1Z0_451) says the associated certificate is Oracle Service Oriented Architecture Infrastructure Implementation Certified Expert. Does this mean passing IZ0-451 fetches us this?

Preperation for 1Z0-042 exam

Hi,
Recently i cleared my first exam 1Z0-051 SQL Fundamentals ... now i am trying to study for 1Z0-042 (Oracle Database 10g: Administration I ) , so just wanted to know if this book from sybex i.e. (OCP: Oracle 10g Certification Kit (1Z0-042 and 1Z0-043)) good enough to prepare for the exam, refer to below url
[http://www.amazon.com/OCP-Oracle-Certification-1Z0-042-1Z0-043/dp/0782143695#noop|Book at Amazon site ]
or is there any other better book ... as far as my exp. with oracle goes, i have very basic admin knowledge of Oracle , but on the job i am learning these days more n more, so thinking to learn more and attempt for certification.
Please suggest me a good book for 1Z0-042 & 1Z0-043
Regards
Learner

bigdelboy wrote:
learner1 wrote:
Hi Biddleboy,
Thanks for the url, i read the same completely. Although i appreciate this guy's honesty in expressing his views but unfortunately he does not talk much on especially which book he exactly referred. He did mention one of the technique which he used i.e. Flash cards creation
So appreciate if you or someone could guide me on the book for 1Z0-042 and 1Z0-043
Regards
LearnerI personally thought the statement in that post:
The various prep guides were a mixed bag. The Sybex one was reasonably good and was my main guide, with the Oracle as a supplement. Indicated he used the Sybex book as a main guide with the Oracle (Press) one as a supplement. Reasonably clear. The other interesting concept is to in fact use both. (ISBN-13: 978-0782143676 + ISBN-13: 978-0072257908 )Are you sure of these isbn numbers, i tried searching on amazon and came with diff. isbn no.
You have specified : ISBN-13: 978-0782143676
where as i found ISBN - 0-7821-4367-9 ( first & the last digit differs )
Source : http://www.amazon.com/OCA-Oracle-Administration-Study-1Z0-042/dp/0782143679/ref=reg_hu-wl_item-added#noop
You have specified : ISBN-13: 978-0072257908
where as i found ISBN - 0-07-007225790-3 ( first & the last digit differs )
Source : http://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Database-Certification-Guide-Handbook/dp/0072257903/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Not sure if there was a typo from your side.
Regards
Learner

Need help for 1Z0-047

Hi,
I want to take my first exam as 1Z0-047.
I have just completed my b-tech and have some basic knowledge about sql.
I have "OCA Oracle Database
SQL Certified Expert
Exam Guide
(Exam 1Z0-047)"
is this book is sufficent to crack this?
if not please suggest something.
Thanks,
Praveen

Prawin62 wrote:
Hi,
I want to take my first exam as 1Z0-047.
I have just completed my b-tech and have some basic knowledge about sql.
I have "OCA Oracle Database
SQL Certified Expert
Exam Guide
(Exam 1Z0-047)"
is this book is sufficent to crack this?
if not please suggest something.
Thanks,
PraveenTo make a steam locomotive go one needs fire, water and steam. You can struggle by for a bit with a shortage of one of these.
And I think a better way to think about your question is:
IMHO To pass 1z0-047 you need knowledge practice and experience.
- And you can something squeeze through if one of these is a little weaker and the others very strong.
From the book you can gain knowledge (as indeed can the oracle documentation). IMHO If you gain it all, the knowledge from the book is sufficient for passing the exam.
You can also use the book to get a little test practice. (And perhaps a little practice of the SQL itself).
The book however doesn't give experience.
- Having said all this I feel starting from zero trying to pass 1z0-047 is likely to result in failure.
Better in my opinion is study for 1z0-051 first. It's a lot gentler on the brain. And take that. It's a lot cheaper if you fail it and need to retake. And the exam is easier (though you might have to learn more detail in places, which perhaps isn't a bad. thing).
........... But if after studying for 1z0-051 you elect to skip it and go for 1z0-047 direct that is your choice. 1z0-051 is a subset of 1z0-047 HOWEVER there will be more detail on some 1z0-051 topics on the 1z0-051 exam.

Exam 1Z0-147 will be desapear?

I'm asking it because the next version exam now is in beta version...
I'm interested in take the 1Z0-147 but I don't know if this will be valid for a long time.
worth take the 147 exam?

user10611544 wrote:
I'm asking it because the next version exam now is in beta version...
I'm interested in take the 1Z0-147 but I don't know if this will be valid for a long time.
worth take the 147 exam?This is my opinion, I do not make the rules, and those who make the rules reserve the right to change the rules without notice, though they are unlikely to do that.
1) If you pass 1z0-147, that pass will forever remain valid forever (unless you are found to break certification agreements (essentially cheat or disclose questions / answers)).
2) Examinations are usually withdrawn after at least 3 months clear notice. (eg 1z0-001 recently).
3) 1z1-144/1z0-044 is shown as planned to complete beta on 10-Sep-2009, and there will be a few week gap until the (non-beta) exam appears. (Experience has shown this date may slip).
4) There my reasoning is the earliest reasonable date for withdrawal of 1z0-147 would be january 2010, in practice it will probably continue on well beyond that.
5) If you achieve Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate via 1z0-147 then that certification will stand for ever.
6) In my opinion are topics for 1z0-144 seem a vast improvement on 1z0-147 (in fact I am not impressed with 1z0-147 even though I passed it).
However I suspect while both 1z0-144 and 1z0-147 both exist, and while direct study information on 1z0-144 seems sparse, many will plump for 1z0-147. (See the numbers on this forums going for 1z0-007 rather than 1z0-051).
Regardless of which you pass , you goal should surely be to know 1z0-144 topics well. Bear in mind however, if you take the beta 1z1-144, results will not be published until mid october 2009 earliest.

1Z0-007 syllabus

Hi
in the introduction to oracle 9i study materials it contains 20 chapters
but in the exam topics section , it contains only 12 sections. (first 12 chapters of the book)
URL: [http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_exam_id=1Z0_007|http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_exam_id=1Z0_007]
So is tht means exam question will only concentrate on first 12 chapters of the study material
thanks

Zerandib wrote:
Hi
in the introduction to oracle 9i study materials it contains 20 chaptersObviously you have a particular item in your possession, others who may try to help have to guess exactly what you have.
but in the exam topics section , it contains only 12 sections. (first 12 chapters of the book)
URL: [http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_exam_id=1Z0_007|http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_exam_id=1Z0_007]
This is a good and exact and authorative reference to what is in the exam. Very occasionally these topics change, but I would anticipate them to be fairly for 9i.
(As an example the 10g 1z0-042/1z0-043 topics changed when the exam went from a 10gR1 based exam to 10gR2 based exam)
>
So is tht means exam question will only concentrate on first 12 chapters of the study material
Hopefully you can work this out with reasonable certainly
If their is an obvious 1-1 mapping between the exam topics and your first 12 chapters ... then bingo! (ie I mean you have a high confidence probability)
And if later chapters do not relate to exam topics then your confidence level should increase further (they may relate to another exam, their content may imply this)
At the end of the day you should be confident you have the exam topic covered (though trying to determine what is meant by an exam topic (and depth required) can sometimes be difficult without interpretation).
Rgds - bigdelboy
thanksEdited by: bigdelboy on 29-Jul-2009 02:06 ( typo corrected(s) ... balanced parenthesis ... etc)

1Z0-054 oracle tunnig 11g

All gurus,
Any guys knowns an kind of material official or not for preparing?
Search books or ebooks in amazon,not exists any specific them.
Regards
Paulo

saddones wrote:
All gurus,
Any guys knowns an kind of material official or not for preparing?
Search books or ebooks in amazon,not exists any specific them.
Regards
PauloAs I am sure the Lewis and the Kyte and perhaps even he who peers over glasses would agree Before tuning Oracle Database it is best to tune the mind first.
Any before doing certification it is best to understand the difference between authorised(legitimate) material and unauthorised (illiegimate) material.
http://blogs.oracle.com/certification/entry/the_route_you_choose
IMHO as your search question encompasses illegimate material, it is a poor search question.
By the time one is ready to start preparing for 1z0-054 one should be aware the only 'official' authorative documentation is that provided by Oracle Manuals, conveniently online via http://docs.oracle.com http://tahiti.oracle.com or other appropriate oracle.com URLs and the 1z0-054 topics page on the certification site http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_org_id=28&lang=US&p_exam_id=1Z0_054
Of course Oracle training courses are available, including a cdrom:
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/show_desc.redirect?dc=D50317GC20
Edited by: bigdelboy on Sep 11, 2011 1:36 AM As far as I cam aware there are no exam focused books for this certification, however there are a number of general Oracle Tuning Guide books and some may find some of these useful.

"weblogic 10g sys admin" certification study material

Hi all,
Can anyone share study materials for "weblogic 10g sys admin",Exam code - 1Z0-108 with me.
It will be very helpful, if anyone can mail me the study material at : [email protected]
Regards,
Vivek Kumar

user13818549 wrote:
I am preparing for Oracle Weblogic Server 11g: System Administration I (1Z0-102) exam.
What books/reading materials I should refer to?
Thanks,
Farheen.
- The topics on the exam
- The authorative documention on the website at docs.oracle.com .... all the answers should be in the official documentation
- Note the recommended training ... and even checkout the associated topics on the training course
- Additional books if you think it will help you e.g. Oracle Press's Alapati.
- Then on a topic by topic basic explore any authorative blogs, whitepapers, OBE's, youtube. In general keep to the oracle website or others with good providence
- Matthew has a lot of good stuff out there : e.g. http://www.gocertify.com/articles/oracle-certification-study-tips.html ... and see the list of support info he gathers at for example:
-- And look at Oracle Certification Prep: Exam details and preparation resources for 1Z0-061 for example as how to gather a list of supporting materials.
Good Luck.

Why is it so hard to get iTunes to find my library?

<rant>I don't understand why it's so difficult to get iTunes to find an existing library after a move. I wish I had left this alone from the beginning. Had I known it would be this hard, I wouldn't have done this.</rant>
I have tried to move my iTunes folder from beneath my home folder to the root. After following some instructions to get this moved (I forget the link), iTunes thinks my songs are in the trash. I verified this by looking at the iTunes Library.xml file, and saw the songs linked to the songs in the trash.
So now that I've deleted my trash, all of my songs are showing up with exclamation points, saying it can't find the original song. If I locate an individual song in the new folder, it works fine. But I have thousands of songs, and have little interest in doing this for my whole library.
I've tried manually updating the iTunes Library.xml file, pointing them to the proper location, but I've figured out iTunes doesn't really use this file -- it uses the binary "iTunes Library" (with no extension) file, which I can't edit (thanks Apple).
I've also tried the option+start trick to point it to the new library (at several different points along the way), and it still thinks my songs are in the trash, I believe.
I can only assume that this has something to do with digital rights, and them not making it easy to copy music, but for us legit people, this is really a pain.
So is there a way to get this back? Or, am I left to wiping out my library, and having iTunes import my songs from scratch, and lose all of my metadata and album art?
Also once again, why is this so hard anyway? Has Apple not seen the tons of blogs and discussions on this very topic enough to warrant actually addressing this?
Thanks in advance.

Thank Chris and Diane.
After looking into this more, it looks like after transferring my media folder, I also moved my iTunes library to the root following this article:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive/
Somehow, something got missed (though I'm almost positive I followed that first Apple support article). Anyway, my fix was this:
1) Move my iTunes media folder back to the exact trash location it thought the songs should be in, and confirmed that the songs were once again found through iTunes.
2) Follow the Apple support article, relocated my iTunes Media folder from the trash to the desired folder in the root
3) Moved my iTunes Library back to my home folder following the iLounge article above (move physical files, then option-open iTunes and point the library to the new location).
Once I did this, everything is as I wanted it.
By the way, Chris, the reason I want my iTunes in the root of my external rather than under the Home/Shared, is because I want my songs on the external, and my Shared folder is on my internal. I want to keep all my large files on my external.
Also, Diane, what I meant by digital rights issue, I didn't mean this was the cause of my problem, but rather speculating this was the reason Apple made it so hard to relocate your media files. Again, that was just speculation, I obviously have no way of knowing. It just seems unreasonably hard to relocate your iTunes songs (or even just tell iTunes where they are after it lost them) because Apple seems to try to make users' lives easier, not harder.
Anyway, thanks again for the help.

Syncing iPhone to Laptop (previously synced to Desktop)

Hi All.
I've gotten some great technical assistance here and am hoping this is on-topic enough to get some more assistance for this newbie.
I have a Desktop (MB) and a Laptop (MBP). I also have an iPhone.
I have been organizing my photos (previously they came from a PC) on my Desktop and am now traveling with this iPhoto Library stored on my external drive. I access this library from my Laptop via iPhoto and am organizing and uploading new photos to the database. My intention is to overwrite the old Library on my Desktop when I get home with the new one on the external (I think this is OK).
The issue I am hoping to address is that I have a Music Library that I am organizing in the same way on the Laptop. It exists on the Desktop but I now have time to organize it on the laptop. Again the intention is to overwrite the old Library with the new Library when I get home.
Is there a way to now sync my iPhone with the Laptop whereas it has previously been synced to the Desktop? Since I now have the correct library on the laptop this information will be the current info. however, will I lose all my Apps since this phone was previously synced to the desktop? Is there any way around this? Is there any other information I would lose?
Also, my impression is that Photos and MobileMe are NOT AT ALL affected by which computer I sync to the IPhone is that correct?
Thanks for any help as I get up to speed.

Hi Terence.
I was hoping that someone that was dealing with multiple libraries might also have experience with this. However, upon reflection you are probably right.
Is it possible to ask if there are any issues related to iPhoto with this issue?
For instance my understanding is that I can set a folder in iPhoto to d/l to the iPhone and have this as my iPhoto gallery. Is there a way to get some understanding as to how this would function in a case such as this?
For instance, if I sync my phone to the laptop - and I am accessing my iPhoto library off an external hd, does that mean that I won't be able to sync these photos to the iPhone (since it is accessing the data from an external). Or I suppose I would just have to have the external connected when I sync...
Also, is it correct to think that it doesn't matter a lick which computer my phone is synced to when uploading photos? I mean, I can just "hook up" the library I am accessing off my hd and upload the photos to the library, yes?
Then when I get back home I can overwrite the library on the desktop with the laptop?
Are there any issues here?
Thanks.

Good marketable skills to have

I have been an application develper for over 20 years and now I want to focus on database development. I have been working on and off doing database work such as database design and development, database programming writing triggers, stored procedures and function and am very confortable with PL/SQL. What areas of Oracle should I focus on that will give me marketable skills and what is the market ooking for. Should I work toward certifications and if so which one is good to have.

This is not an answer from which are the most marketable skills, but it is an answer from what is achievable relatively quickly.
If you have experience in applications or bea stuff it is possible that is more marketable.
Checkout the forums faqs and blogs,
And checkout [http://www.oracle.com/education/certification] - Find out about the exams there and look at the exam topics.
As a developer three certifications to be looked at that you could probably achieve with good rapidity are:
1) Oracle SQL Certified Expert
2) Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate
3) Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Professional
My suggestion of course to take are as follows:
1z0-051: I'd take this first to get used to taking certification exams. There's an Oracle Press Book that covers the subject matter for this quickly as well. (Some woudl say take 1z0-007; for you 1z0-051 would give more respect).
1z0-047: If your sql is good and you think you your up for it take this. It gets you a certificate. If it doesnt suit you or you think it might take some time bypass and get on with PL/SQL exams.
1z0-147: This gets you the PL/SQL developer OCA. My opinion is this exam is a bit old in the tooth. I said something about it on [this thread|http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=3383966]
> 1z0-144: this is an exam just out currently in beta. Great - except the length of time you may need to wait for your results which could be an issue. I think 1z0-144 topics more relevant compared to 1z0-147.
> If would be worth taking except your enegy would be more useful spent in getting OCP.
1z0-146: This gets you your OCP (but you effectively have to have OCA first). This is the exam that is more likely to push you.
In all events avoid unauthorised training material. To be safe that means buy oracle press/sybex books or use practice test authorised by oracle (transcender/Self Test) linked from the oracle web site [http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=208]
Good Luck - bigdelboy
Edited by: bigdelboy on 26-Apr-2009 06:35 ( typos)

1z0-102 topics = enough?

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