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The Oracle Internet Application Developer Release 6i Certified Professional (OCP) certification and its related exams will be retired effective April 30, 2009 . Exams for this certification may taken up to this date, after which time they will no longer be available through Prometric or any other avenue. Those working with Oracle PL/SQL and Forms should consider the newer Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate (OCA), Oracle Advanced PL/SQL Developer Certified Professional (OCP), and Oracle Forms Developer Certified Professional (OCP) certifications. EXAM RETIREMENTS: Oracle will retire the following four related exams: 1Z0-001 – Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL 1Z0-101 – Develop PL/SQL Program Units 1Z0-131 – Build Internet Applications I 1Z0-132 – Build Internet Applications II Exams 1Z0-001 and 1Z0-101 are recognized toward several Oracle certifications that are not being retired. Exams passed prior to April 30, 2009 will be accepted and will count towards any ...

Author: Michael J. Hillenbrand Step aside … I am certified! Just two days after I proudly framed and hung my first Oracle OCP certification on my cubicle wall, one of my colleagues hung a Dilbert cartoon right next to it. The Dilbert went something like this. In the first frame Dilbert is having trouble with his computer. A superhero in tights with a Capital C on his chest tells Dilbert "Step away from the server, I am certified!" In the next frame, our superhero sits down in front of the computer, Dilbert now watching over his shoulder, and says "I SUMMON THE VAST POWER OF CERTIFICATION!" In the last frame, the superhero realizes he doesn't know what to do and admits, "This is embarrassing -- that's all I remember from the classes." The certification debate Whether or not to get certified has been a widely debated topic for as long as I can remember. On one side of the fence are those that see great value in certification, that claim that the...