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SCJP 5.0Vs SCJD
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MI Mohammed
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Joined: Feb 16, 2005
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I just passed my scjp 1.4 and was thinking
of going for SCJD, but looking at the
requirements, i discovered that i had a lot
of work to do. For the GUI, am think
i am ok. But the idea of creating a database
system is almost putting me off.
And now with the coming of 5.0, am thinking
of heading for it.
Pls what's my best option.
Thnks
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levani dvalishvili
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we if you want to do serverside development, database connectivity JDBC and whole lot more is ahead of you and you are gonna end up learning it anyways, so I would think that SCJD would be better of . plus it hass project asignment that is a good practicat aspect
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Nicholas Cheung
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But the idea of creating a database system is almost putting me off.
You are not going to creating a DB system for SCJD, or even, you dont need to use JDBC for DB connectivity because the DB is only a plain text file.
Nick
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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)
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levani dvalishvili
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Originally posted by Nicholas Cheung:
because the DB is only a plain text file.
Nick
... what a joke  ))))))
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Nicholas Cheung
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I would say, this is not a joke, at least, the current assignment uses plain text file as the DB, and you just need to use I/O APIs to access it.
You will know that after purchased SCJD assignment and read the instructions. I cannot tell too much as this violates the disclosure agreement.
You might also search in SCJD fourm as well. 
Nick
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Nicholas Cheung
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I just saw this question from SCJD forum.
http://www.coderanch.com/t/186954/java-developer-SCJD/certification/URLyBird-Database-Access
Nick
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Wei-ju Wu
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Congratulations to passing SCJP !
I would recommend you to to the SCJD next, as the 5.0 will not challenge too much of your skills as a developer (even though it has lots of programming questions). The SCJP more as an exam for testing your knowledge about the language itself, if you can actually build a more complex software system is not tested.
This is the objective of the SCJD. It is a very demanding exam, especially in terms of time that you need to allocate for it, but it is worth it, as in practice, you never get a chance to develop software with such a generous timeframe, leaving the possibility to do things "clean". You can even use JDK 5.0 for working on the project, so you can implicitly use it as a preparation to the SCJD 5.0 exam
As Nicholas said, no JDBC needs to be used and the database access is to a file with an exactly specified format.
Wei-ju
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