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by Sam Alapati (Author)
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A Fully Integrated Study System for OCP Exam 1Z0-050

Prepare for the Oracle Certified Professional Oracle Database 11g New Features for Administrators exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. In each chapter, you'll find challenging exercises, practice questions, a two-minute drill, and a chapter summary to highlight what you've learned. This authoritative guide will help you pass the test, and serve as your essential on-the-job reference. Get complete coverage of all OCP objectives for exam 1Z0-050, including:

  • Installation and upgrades
  • Partitioning and storage
  • Intelligent infrastructure
  • Diagnostics and fault management
  • Performance
  • Oracle Recovery Manager and Oracle Flashback
  • Security
  • Oracle SQL Performance Analyzer
  • SQL plan management
  • Automatic SQL tuning

On the CD-ROM:

  • One full practice exam that simulates the actual OCP exam
  • Detailed answers and explanations
  • Score report performance assessment tool
  • Complete electronic book
  • Bonus exam available free with online registration

 



About the Author

Sam R. Alapati, OCP, is an experienced Oracle DBA who currently manages Oracle databases at the Boy Scouts of America's national office in Los Colinas, Texas. Previously, he was a senior principal consultant for Oracle Corporation in New York.


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  • Paperback: 523 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (April 28, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071496823
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071496827
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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1.0 out of 5 stars Bordering on Useless - AVOID!, October 4, 2008
By S. Francis (Kingwood, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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I concede that writing a technical book which is 100% complete and accurate is virtually impossible. However, that does not detract from the author's and technical reviewer's responsibility to strive for that level of perfection. Especially for an exam guide.

I have been taking the OCP DBA exams since Oracle7 and have bought an exam guide every time to help me with my studies. This book is by far the worst one I have ever used due to its missing content, errors and confused explanations. And I'm barely a third of the way through. Sounds harsh? Here are some examples:

One page 5, it states the default ADR directory is of the form $ORACLE_BASE. WRONG!
It's $ORACLE_BASE/diag. This error is repeated several more times in the book.

Also on page 5, it gives an example of the location for trace files for a database called orcl2 with an instance name of orcl2. The example given is /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/orcl2/orcl2. That's fine, but it doesn't explain if the first orcl2 is the database name or the instance name.

On page 11, it defines an init parameter called DDL_TIME_LOCKOUT. WRONG!
It's actually called DDL_LOCK_TIMEOUT.

On page 15, point #7 mentions you are offered the choice of listeners for the new database you're creating using the DBCA. That's true only if there are some listeners already configured which use that ORACLE_HOME. If there aren't, which is more likely if you've just installed 11g and are creating an 11g database for the first time, you get a warning message. This message tells you there are no listeners and that you'll need to configure one using Netca in a separate session before you can continue (assuming you want to configure Database Control for your new database). Thus point #7 is incomplete.

On page 17, it defines some profile resources for passwords, including PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX and PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME. The definitions for these two are the wrong way around.

That's 5 examples in the first 17 pages! Another reviewer mentioned the author's thanks given to April Well for her "expert technical vetting" which allowed the author to "avoid errors and improve the quality of the presentation". The technical vetting either wasn't done at all or was done in such a hurry that many, many errors, omissions and confused explanations got as far as the publisher. That is wholly unacceptable and in my view Oracle Press should withdraw this edition of the book immediately. What makes it worse is the author, Sam Alapati, is the co-author of the Oracle Database 11g New Features for DBAs and Developers book published by Apress. I'm finding the things which are wrong in this exam guide are also wrong in the other book. Unbelievable!

My advice is to avoid this book altogether. If you have to verify virtually everything you read with Oracle's own documentation, you may as well just read Oracle's documentation. It'll save you time and money. You'll also benefit from the knowledge that what you're reading has actually been proof read by someone with the necessary amount of time and prerequisite level of competence.

I shall be writing to Oracle Press to demand a refund of my purchase price and a heavy discount or free copy of the second edition. We'll see how seriously they take their customers views and how well they stand behind their publications.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Too many unbelieveable mistakes - Call back this book!, July 3, 2008
I cannot believe the author, as an experienced Oracle DBA, provided the following command (here only one bad example from huge other mistakes)to run a pl/sql function!

Chapter 4, page 233.
Using the EVOLVE_SQL_PLAN_BASELINE Function
SQL>exec dbms_spm.evolve_sql_plan_baseline(sql_handle=>'123456789999');

The Correct Command should be:
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SET LONG 10000
DECLARE
report clob;
BEGIN
report := DBMS_SPM.EVOLVE_SQL_PLAN_BASELINE(
sql_handle => '123456789999');

DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(report);
END;
/

The other simple misleading errors are the default value of the new parameters. When I read this book, I have to compare the related contents with Oracle manuals for 11g.

This book should be called back!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately, too many mistakes, June 23, 2008
Unfortunately, the book contains an incredible amount of errors - both typing and meaningful: different paragraphs conflict with each other, questions conflict with material in chapters, etc ...
Previous "exam cram" books contained many mistakes, but definitely not as much as this one ...
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2.0 out of 5 stars Another "barely better than nothing" guide by Alapati/McGraw-Hill.
If you don't feel like scouring through the volumes of useless information in the Oracle documentation, this book can be a guide to keep you focused. That's all. Read more
Published 4 days ago by jasony

1.0 out of 5 stars What the heck???
Looking at all the other reviews, it appears pretty unanimous-- the book is so FULL of errors it's almost unreadable!!! I'm on chapter 7 and it doesn't get any better. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Mistakes abound
The book is organized fairly well. I haven't taken the test yet, but the content seems structured around what is on the test. However, I agree with the other reviews. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jeffrey A. Thompson

3.0 out of 5 stars It's ok content wise, just lots of typos and obvious errors
I'm about half way through the book and am amazed by all the typing mistakes in the book. Most are so obvious and some can cause some confusion to readers. Read more
Published 12 months ago by derBirus

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