Hi Venkatesh,
what happens after the new exam is released in March 2004 or whenever ?
The old exam will still be there, as you can expect this from SCJP 1.2 and SCJP 1.4. There are still co-exist after SCJP 1.4 is released more than 1 year.
Is this exam still valid ?
YES.
or do I need to give some sort of upgrade ?
Upgrade or not is solely depends on what you want.
Personally, I wont upgrade exams unless the old one is really phase out, or there is a special promotion (like my SCJP 1.4, I got a 75% off discount
)
Nick.
SCJP 1.2, OCP 9i DBA, SCWCD 1.3, SCJP 1.4 (SAI), SCJD 1.4, SCWCD 1.4 (Beta), ICED (IBM 287, IBM 484, IBM 486), SCMAD 1.0 (Beta), SCBCD 1.3, ICSD (IBM 288), ICDBA (IBM 700, IBM 701), SCDJWS, ICSD (IBM 348), OCP 10g DBA (Beta), SCJP 5.0 (Beta), SCJA 1.0 (Beta), MCP(70-270), SCBCD 5.0 (Beta), SCJP 6.0, SCEA for JEE5 (in progress)