Re: PostgreSQL Certification

On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 08:42:00AM -0700, 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.

This is why I put very little faith in certifications; all that they
prove is that you know how to pass some test.

Tell me this, does knowing any of the info in this question really make
you a better PostgreSQL admin or user, other than #1? I would consider
#2-4 to be trivia, and as others have said #5 is misleading and
misinformative.
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