[OSGeo Africa] SQL Courses

[Gavin Fleming]

Hi Cameron

I'm not sure where in SA you can get 'official PostgreSQL certification'
(perhaps Obsidian?), but this one-week course will get you a university
certificate for PostGIS/PostgreSQL (we do lots of SQL):
http://www.up.ac.za/en/centre-for-geoinformation-science/calendar/event-info/2053913/spatial-databases-with-postgis

Gavin

On 12/05/2015 14:07, Cameron Muller wrote:
> Thanks very much for the help Charles, I have had a look at PostgreSQL
> and it definitely seems the better option for application within GIS.
>
> I understand this is free package, but is there any means of gaining
> recognised certification such as exams or workshops as with the MCSA
> SQL Server exams?
>
> Cameron Muller
> Honours in Science: Geography and Environmental Sciences
> University of KwaZulu-Natal - Pietermaritzburg
> GISc Technician (GT 1770)
> 072 686 9200
>
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Charles Rethman <rethman at me.com
> <mailto:rethman at me.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Cameron,
>
>     I think you’d really be best off learning your SQL and DB admin
>     with an open source product such as PostgreSQL/PostGIS, for which
>     courses are regularly offered by some of the members of this
>     forum. PostgreSQL/PostGIS is incredibly powerful and you can write
>     complex functions to manipulate spatial data any way you want.
>
>     Also check out Postgres’s
>     documentation: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/ and some
>     tutorials: http://www.postgresqltutorial.com, as well as PostGIS
>     manual: http://suite.opengeo.org/opengeo-docs/postgis/index.html.
>     Also look on Kartoza’s website for some excellent training
>     material. They are all very helpful and are free. I will admit a
>     course is handy to get your head around the initial setting up and
>     getting to know the product. After that, the both the PostGIS and
>     Postgres manuals are brilliant.
>
>     all the best,
>
>
>     Charles Rethman
>
>
>
>>     On 12 May 2015, at 11:57 AM, Cameron Muller <mullerc24 at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:mullerc24 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     ​Hi all,
>>
>>     I am currently working within the GIS industry and looking to
>>     expand my knowledge and abilities. I am still fairly new to the
>>     industry yet have noticed an increase in the use of SQL.
>>
>>     I currently hold a Masters degree  in Environmental Sciences but
>>     want to add to it with the addition of SQL courses. I have looked
>>     at Microsoft accredited courses namely 70-461 (Querying Microsoft
>>     SQL Server 2012), 70-762 (Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012
>>     Databases) and 40-763 (Implementing a Data Warehouse with
>>     Microsoft SQL Server 2012).
>>
>>     Can the professionals within the industry please advise me as to
>>     whether these courses will aid my GIS career and potential or are
>>     there specific courses which can be recommended to me?
>>
>>     Any advice in the right direction will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>     Kind regards,
>>
>>     Cameron Muller
>>     Honours in Science: Geography and Environmental Sciences
>>     University of KwaZulu-Natal - Pietermaritzburg
>>     GISc Technician (GT 1770)
>>     072 686 9200
>>
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