Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06B681337B8A for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2011 10:07:36 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81412-04 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:07:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB621337B81 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2011 10:07:27 -0400 (AST) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (mail.highperformancepostgresql.com [71.179.240.8]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Lbf3v-1Q1zNo49yV-00lDrA; Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:07:24 +0100 Message-ID: <4D23299A.3040207@2ndquadrant.com> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:07:22 -0500 From: Greg Smith User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nextage Tech CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:1vybMtMMnHXiQ5gBGaW3TZq09y9ylzvaK60Igs6psRZ BanDGzzhlWXEsxcd7wWUQa8HehLJ6s7nrfHRGdyeVVAQ9c5Rts 8T0CauWcHmabn1XWUVo9J9HA60srEYWG3e0V6kZP0qmMwiZQAN f8lQhJmXRYbs/3Wrir1JQD3eYBDHWaWdvsykUGIjSxUImakpvG hDQNvm/vwuAOT8gKCT8ANbJ5RS2JKP8yyfNWJFRzvk= X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201101/10 X-Sequence-Number: 41797 nextage Tech wrote: > How good are certmagic.com practice exams for PostgreSQL > exam? My friends told me they are pretty good and he has passed many > exams with their material. Let me know guys! > Well, since the PostgreSQL CE 8 Silver exam itself isn't very well defined as an industry certification goes, whether or not Certmagic's prep helps you pass or not isn't too exciting to talk about. Unlike most of the commercial databases, there is no official certification available for PostgreSQL from the vendor, as there is no real vendor here. SRA does their CE certification, EnterpriseDB has some certification exams related to their training, and we're happy to print certificates for students who pass our training classes too. But without any standardized testing guidelines that go beyond tests developed by individual training companies, PostgreSQL certification really doesn't result in the same sort of credibility that, say, Oracle or Cisco certification does. -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US greg@2ndQuadrant.com Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support www.2ndQuadrant.us "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance": http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books