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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):
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.up.ac.za/en/centre-for-geoinformation-science/calendar/event-info/2053913/spatial-databases-with-postgis">http://www.up.ac.za/en/centre-for-geoinformation-science/calendar/event-info/2053913/spatial-databases-with-postgis</a><br>
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<div>Thanks very much for the help Charles, I have had a look at
PostgreSQL and it definitely seems the better option for
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<div>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?</div>
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<div>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
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<div>Also check out Postgres’s documentation: <a
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and some tutorials: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank">http://suite.opengeo.org/opengeo-docs/postgis/index.html</a>.
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
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<p>Hi all,<br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>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). <br>
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<p>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?<br>
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<p>Any advice in the right direction will be
greatly appreciated.<br>
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