Re: PostgreSQL Certification

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 10:42, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> >>Am Sonntag, 12. Juni 2005 05:24 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii:
> >>
> >>>Thank you for interested in PostgreSQL CE. There is a sample
> >>>examination problems page:
> >>>
> >>>http://osb.sra.co.jp/postgresql-ce/sys/quiz.php?titleid=S74_en
> >>
> >>Regarding question 3,
> >>
> >> Select one incorrect statement regarding the installation of PostgreSQL.
> >>
> >>1 1. PostgreSQL is unable to use languages other than English unless the
> >>"--enable-multibyte" option is specified at "./configure" time.
> >>2 2. At least 60MB of free disk space is required for compilation.
> >>3 3. GNU make is required.
> >>4 4. "root" cannot execute "make check" properly.
> >>5 5. "--no-locale" should be specified if English is the only language to be
> >>used in PostgreSQL.
> >>
> >>Apparently, the correct answer is 1, but statement 5 is equally false.
> >
> >
> > Really? I vaguley recall that someone who came from US complained
> > about the sort order of en locale. I thought English speakers prefer C
> > locale.
>
> And if you want to be really picky number 4 is wrong as well:
>
> root# su - postgres -c "make check"
>
> I know that is really picky but as someone who manages the number of
> PostgreSQL systems that I do, I might have picked that one. Number 2 is
> also confusing because am I compiling ALL of PostgreSQL? I just did a
> check and it took 63 megs just to unpack it, let alone compile it.

Actually, I think that question was worded in such a way as to imply
that more than one answer might be incorrect (and therefore a "right"
answer). I seem to remember choosing 4 for that question, and I got all
but one on arrays right. I don't really use arrays much, if at all...