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OCP Oracle9i Database: New Features for Administrators Exam Guide

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As soon as I saw this book on Amazon, I grabbed it. When I read about author I got already suspicious. The absence of any DBA experience shows too obvious in the book itself. May be he just thought 'it would be cool to write book about something, why not Oracle'. In the book there are Clinton and God, which is fine, but how it helps to get DBA OCP. One of the worst Oracle book I have read, and there are some really bad. I don't even know, can I trust now that questions on CD are from the real tests

I have 8 years of Oracle experience and have completed all the certifications since v7.3. I have been waiting for a book to help prepare for the 9i upgrade exam so I was happy to finally get this book. I'm halfway through reading it and have found more errors than I have fingers to count. I'm no editor so the errors I have found are blatant and it makes me nervous as to how many subtle errors there are that I missed and thereby got misinformation. The content seems ok but it is annoying to know you spent money for a book that has information you cannot trust. Wait for the next publishing, maybe the errors will be cleared up by then.

Yesterday I passed the test with 49 of 56 correct questions at least partly thanks to this book. Together with the test questions from selftestsoftware and the ORACLE documentation you should be able to pass the test.

I found that this book covers all of the topic that I found in my exam. However sometimes it misses some minor details that might be needed in the exam (1 of the 7 questions that I answered wrongly was such a case). I you are aiming for a perfect score in the exam this is not the book but I think a perfect score in a test that you only need to pass should not be the goal of test preparation...

I will use (and already used) this book as a reference for my work with ORACLE9i new features.

I have been around Oracle as an OCP since release 7 and i have to say this is one of the worst books i have read,or should i say, tried to read!
The explanations are meanderingly ambiguous and the structure leaves a lot to be desired.If your reading this i suggest that you seek alternative sources of information for your exam preparation!

I am sorry I waited the extra two months for this book to be published. I am an OCP DBA on 7.3 and above, and have always used the Oracle Press books as a major source for my studying. Previous books were written by Jason Couchman and were quite good. This book is not. I have only completed 2 of the 6 chapters so far, but have found numerous mistakes, and chapter study questions with incorrect answers! Unfortunately I no longer trust this book to prepare me for the exam- in fact I am tempted not to finish it. Save your money.

Its not a bad book, easy reading, good structure. Has nice CD-rom testing software.

But let me tell you.. its not nearly detailed enough. I just took the OCP 9i and you need to cover way more material than is covered in this book. I'd say 50% of the exam is in this book, so that is not very good coverage.

I have passed the 9i upgrade test partly thanks to this book. This books needs to be updated with more technical content. Topics like supplemental logging and minimum no. of granules that a database can have, etc must be added. Also lot of topics needs more explanation from an OCP exam view. It would be nice if the typo errors are corrected.

I read Oracle 9i new features written by Robert Freeman which has good technical content and oracle doc's to pass the test.

So many mistakes - the exam questions and answers contradict what is in the chapters, and Oracle documentation completely.

It is a shame the publisher / author hasn't released a corrections bulletin.

I've but lots of corrections in mine - I'm temped to ask for a refund.

Absolutely,no good for an only source material to pass the test. Many errors in the book. Sample tests are not representative of the real test. As a tool to be certified certainly is a very disappointing one. Probably can be used as reference.

Regards :-|.

This book covers almost everything new in Oracle9i, but it doesn't focus on exam, it covers details, but not to the point. For general readings, this book is fine, I won't expect to rely on this to pass Oracle9i upgrade exam. I was disappointed when I received it and viewed the contents.