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OCA: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate Study Guide: (Exams1Z0-051 and 1Z0-052)

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I like this book. Simple and well organized. I have been a DBA for 12 years now.

But forgot many features in newer versions. This has everything with examples.

This book is good for beginners as well as seasoned DBA's

I must read for all DBA's !

paul

I have been a DBA for a 15 years and wanted to take the certification tests to improve marketability. Since I need to take two tests ... why not get a 5 star rated book to learn both tests at once? [It was 5 star when I bought the book ... hence the review ]

Well the biggest reason for giving this a poort review is that the SQL section, the first test to be passed, in covered extremely poorly. Descriptions of the commands are limited and examples are sparse. I went through the book with the idea that this was everything I would need to pass the Oracle SQL exam ... and discovered I was wrong. The material covered here was about 50% of the material needed and the exam questions in this book, vs. the actual test, were no comparison. The real test was significantly harder. Material on the exams was not covered period, and what was covered did not really help me to understand all the 'boundary' cases that the exam focuses on.

The sections covering database architecture are much better. I happen to know this material very well as this is where my day-to-day activities lie. The material was a much better match to the material needed for the test and it was reflected in the fact that nearly 2/3'rd of the book focuses on DBA topics vs. SQL.

Summary ... this is a decent book for studying for the DBA exam, but for the SQL exam it is far from acceptable. A better, though still flawed, SQL book would be: OCA: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate Study Guide: (Exams1Z0-051 and 1Z0-052)