Expect to answer 60 multiple choice questions within 120 minutes. To pass the exam, you need to answer at least 42 questions correctly (70%). Specifically, the exam tests you about the following categories of information.
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Real-time Messaging in Oracle: Send E-mails Programmatically from the Database
By Boris Milrud – In this 10-Minute Solution, I will demonstrate how you can send e-mails directly from an Oracle8i database as a real-time messaging solution. Besides no longer needing to wait for stored procedures to complete in order to monitor them, such a feature offers the developer a few othe
Structural Patterns in XML
by Will Provost – Pattern recognition is fundamental to the human intellect. In pursuits as varied as art appreciation, home repair, and software engineering, patterns naturally inform our thinking and help us to mature. The practice of pattern recognition and use was first formalized with respect t
Q&A: VeriSign’s Phillip Hallam-Baker on Web services security
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Re-framing content with XFrames
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Nobody REALLY Asked Me, But…
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DataPower Delivers Accelerator For XML, Web Services Traffic
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Web Services in Hand
By Darryl K. Taft – Palm Inc.’s Palm Solutions Group has teamed with BEA Systems Inc. to announce a long-term strategic relationship to deliver Web services to Palm-based handheld devices.Palm will develop tools and a device-side software suite for simplifying development and deployment of m
Top Online Discussion Forums
By Michael Otey – Although it’s the birthplace of spam, the Internet has many redeeming qualities. Sometimes when you’re stumped by a SQL Server problem, you can use the Internet to find information and solutions. Not all advice is good advice, but the Web provides a way for you to post questions an
Get status information for trace flag(s) currently turned on
by taruna paaladugu – The command DBCC TRACESTATUS can be used to get the status information for trace flag(s) currently turned on. Here is the syntax: