Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2008-02-04 Thread Csaba Nagy
On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 12:18 +, Gregory Stark wrote: > "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Guys, with respect this thread does nothing for us unless it is on the > > certification list. > > Do we really need a separate mailing list for every thread? It's already kind > of crazy

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2008-02-04 Thread Gregory Stark
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Guys, with respect this thread does nothing for us unless it is on the > certification list. Do we really need a separate mailing list for every thread? It's already kind of crazy with dozens of lists, many of them moribund, which most people aren't

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2008-01-30 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey guys, Myself and a small team of PostgreSQL contributors have started a new community project for PostgreSQL Certification. It is just launching but we wanted to get it out there so that people can join in on the discussion now :). For more infor

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Jim C. Nasby wrote: On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 08:42:00AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: Tatsuo Ishii wrote: Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2005 05:24 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample examination problems page: http://osb.sra.co.jp/po

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Christopher Browne
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Jim C. Nasby") wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 08:42:00AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> Tatsuo Ishii wrote: >> >>Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2005 05:24 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: >> >> >> >>>Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 08:42:00AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > >>Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2005 05:24 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: > >> > >>>Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample > >>>examination problems page: > >>> > >>>http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/q

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2005 17:06 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: > >> Really? I vaguley recall that someone who came from US complained > >> about the sort order of en locale. I thought English speakers prefer C > >> locale. > > > I have never seen an Englis

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 08:42:00AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > >>Regarding question 3, > > >> > > >> Select one incorrect statement regarding the installation of PostgreSQL. > > >> > > >>2 2. At least 60MB of free disk space is required for compilation. > > > Number 2 is > > also con

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 08:42:00AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >>Regarding question 3, > >> > >> Select one incorrect statement regarding the installation of PostgreSQL. > >> > >>2 2. At least 60MB of free disk space is required for compilation. > Number 2 is > also confusing because am I

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 10:42, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > >>Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2005 05:24 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: > >> > >>>Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample > >>>examination problems page: > >>> > >>>http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/quiz.php?title

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2005 17:06 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: >> Really? I vaguley recall that someone who came from US complained >> about the sort order of en locale. I thought English speakers prefer C >> locale. > I have never seen an English dictionary o

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Tatsuo Ishii wrote: Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2005 05:24 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample examination problems page: http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/quiz.php?titleid=S74_en Regarding question 3, Select one incorrect statement regarding th

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2005 17:06 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: > Really? I vaguley recall that someone who came from US complained > about the sort order of en locale. I thought English speakers prefer C > locale. I have never seen an English dictionary or other list that sorts A, ... Z, a, ... z and acce

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2005 05:24 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: > > Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample > > examination problems page: > > > > http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/quiz.php?titleid=S74_en > > Regarding question 3, > > Select one incorrect statement regarding t

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-24 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2005 05:24 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: > Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample > examination problems page: > > http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/quiz.php?titleid=S74_en Regarding question 3, Select one incorrect statement regarding the installation of

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-17 Thread Chris Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tino Wildenhain) writes: > Am Montag, den 13.06.2005, 11:42 -0400 schrieb Chris Browne: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tatsuo Ishii) writes: >> >> For the contents too. I dont think the source code installation >> >> should be so much in the focus of the certification. >> > >> > Since Po

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-16 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Am Montag, den 13.06.2005, 11:42 -0400 schrieb Chris Browne: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tatsuo Ishii) writes: > >> For the contents too. I dont think the source code installation > >> should be so much in the focus of the certification. > > > > Since PostgreSQL is an open source database, I think it is i

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-15 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
Hi, Thank you for taking the test and giving comments. > I just took the test. It did for me what I thought it would do, it > made me read the docs from cover to cover (very quickly, and not the > appendices) with a firm deadline. If I hadn't scheduled the test, I > would not have done that. I

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-15 Thread Ian Harding
I just took the test. It did for me what I thought it would do, it made me read the docs from cover to cover (very quickly, and not the appendices) with a firm deadline. If I hadn't scheduled the test, I would not have done that. I learned some things. Here are my comments on the test as an eva

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-14 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> On Jun 11, 2005, at 11:24 PM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > > > Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample > > examination problems page: > > > > http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/quiz.php?titleid=S74_en > > > > You could find some idea what the exam looks like. > > > > question

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-14 Thread Vivek Khera
On Jun 11, 2005, at 11:24 PM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample examination problems page: http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/quiz.php?titleid=S74_en You could find some idea what the exam looks like. question 10 answer depends on if the s

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-14 Thread Vivek Khera
On Jun 13, 2005, at 11:42 AM, Chris Browne wrote: And there is also the point: "What good is it to be using an 'open source' database if you aren't competent to use that source?" so the certification should include proficiency in C to be able to find answers in source code? h Vi

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-13 Thread Chris Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tatsuo Ishii) writes: >> For the contents too. I dont think the source code installation >> should be so much in the focus of the certification. > > Since PostgreSQL is an open source database, I think it is important > to understand how to install PostgreSQL from the source code

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-12 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> Am Sonntag, den 12.06.2005, 17:59 +0900 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: > > > For the contents too. I dont think the source code installation > > > should be so much in the focus of the certification. > > > > Since PostgreSQL is an open source database, I think it is important > > to understand how to ins

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-12 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Am Sonntag, den 12.06.2005, 17:59 +0900 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: > > For the contents too. I dont think the source code installation > > should be so much in the focus of the certification. > > Since PostgreSQL is an open source database, I think it is important > to understand how to install Postgre

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-12 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> For the contents too. I dont think the source code installation > should be so much in the focus of the certification. Since PostgreSQL is an open source database, I think it is important to understand how to install PostgreSQL from the source code. > I wonder how certifications in other langua

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-12 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Am Sonntag, den 12.06.2005, 14:36 +1000 schrieb CaT: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 12:24:30PM +0900, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > > Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample > > examination problems page: > > > > http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/quiz.php?titleid=S74_en > > > > You c

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-11 Thread CaT
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 12:24:30PM +0900, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample > examination problems page: > > http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/quiz.php?titleid=S74_en > > You could find some idea what the exam looks like. My mind broke parsin

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-11 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> I just noticed that SRA has English language certification now, > available at a nationwide testing center. That's cool. Only the > "Silver" is in English so far, the Gold looks more interesting. > > There is no syllabus or books that I could find, but I am taking the > test next wednesday. I

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification

2005-06-10 Thread Ian Harding
I just noticed that SRA has English language certification now, available at a nationwide testing center. That's cool. Only the "Silver" is in English so far, the Gold looks more interesting. There is no syllabus or books that I could find, but I am taking the test next wednesday. I'll let you

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL certification

2004-11-17 Thread Jeff Eckermann
--- Konstantin Danilov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone! > I have a question.. Does PostgreSQL have official > certification? If yes, where can I find > certification courses to get a certificate? There are no official certifications. Anyone who wants to can offer their own certificat

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL certification

2004-11-17 Thread Konstantin Danilov
Hello everyone! I have a question.. Does PostgreSQL have official certification? If yes, where can I find certification courses to get a certificate? Konstantin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend