OCP: Oracle8i DBA Certification Kit [Hardcover]

Chip Dawes (Author), Biju Thomas (Author), Joe Johnson (Author), Matthew Weishan (Author), Doug Stuns (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0782126855 | ISBN-13: 978-0782126853 | Publication Date: December 18, 2000

Covering the Oracle8i certification exams, this box set includes "SQL and PL/SQL Study Guide", "Architecture & Administration & Recovery Study Guide" and "Performance Tuning and Network Administration Study Guide". They provide self-assessment tests, key-terms sections, review questions, and practice exams. Each book has an enhanced CD with testing software. The CDs also include electronic flashcards for PC and Palm, sample practice exams, and bonus review questions.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2304 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc (December 18, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782126855
• ISBN-13: 978-0782126853
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.1 x 6.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,430,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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69 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book for oracle 8i certification, February 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: OCP: Oracle8i DBA Certification Kit (Hardcover)

I just read through this kit. This kit is very readable, much better than the Cram series and "Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Certification Exam Guide". Oracle Press's book is very difficult to read and you have to print out the Networking part, which is not included in the book. However, for this kit, you can finish one chapter within half an hour and catch all ideas. I am sure you can pass the certification exam if you prepare the exams using this kit. As for the Cram, the topics are somewhat obsolete and do not match oracle 8i certification's requirement. For example, Cram does not talk about the Oracle Expert in detail, which is required for oracle 8i exam. Moreover, the practice questions are more similar to the exact test than Cram and Oracle Press's book. I strongly recommend this kit. Do not waste your money on other preparation books for Oracle 8i certification, only this kit is enough.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book(s)!, April 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: OCP: Oracle8i DBA Certification Kit (Hardcover)

I haven't really tried using a whole lot of material in my exam preparations but this set of 3 books does the job. It is very well organized and written, has a lot of relevant practice tests and is easy to read. It follows the oracle syllabus topic by topic- you get nothing more and nothing less. Apart from helping prepare for the exam, these books help one understand the basic concepts of Oracle too. I have loaded the electornic versions of the book (CDs are included with the books) onto my laptop and find this material better than other oracle reference material I have. Until you find prep material that gives you all the questions that appear in the real test, you will not find better preparation material than this set of 3 books.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Oracle Press?, February 22, 2001

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Greg Johnson (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OCP: Oracle8i DBA Certification Kit (Hardcover)

Most definatly.

This DBA certification guide comes with three books.

1). PL/SQL 2). DBA ADMIN / DB BACKUP AND RECOVERY 3). DB PER TUNING / NET8 ADMIN

This makes handling easier and thereby increasing the books durabuility. The books' binding is far superior to the oracle press books and the reference material has more diagrams and displays more of the Oracle GUI than Oracle Press. The text is easier to read and all the exams are covered in the text, as opposed to Oracle Press where the last exam (network Admin) is only on CD...and if you are like me, reading off a monitor is a lot harder than reading a hard copy.

The information is laid out in an easy to read format and the chapters are kept short and completes all the objectives in which the OCP exams are based.

The are review questions at the end of each chapter with a full practice exam of 50 - 60 questions after ever unit, giving you the best way to guage your knowledge before sitting the exam.

A word of warning though, DO NOT expect to pass the Backup and Recovery exam by only using the associated section. This section looks as though it was written in a huge rush, or by somebody learning about the technoloy themselves as they went. When it comes to the 8i Backup and Recovery exam, do yourself a favour and invest in the 8i B&R Exam Cram by Debbie Wong.

Overall, and dismissing the B&R section (Which is a pity becasue the Perf Tun section is OUTSTANDING) I recommend this collection of books to any aspiring Oracle DBA.