Experience vs. Certification

This perticular question have been discussed so many times everywhere . so i just thought of putting my own views on it. Some give weightage to certification(SCJP, MCSE..) and some give weightage to experience. What i think is that certification is not as much important as real time experience. The only advantage having certifications is that the hiring managers will pick those resumes more than the resume of a non-certifieds. But again this advantage is limited to the freshers. It does not apply to experienced professionals.
If a person is having real time experience , It's much much better than a perosn having only certification, Because at the end work is more important than just knowledge. What i would prefer is to go for some real experience and after some time along with your work, you can go for certifications.