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OCA Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator Exam Guide (Exam 1Z0-311): OCA Oracle 10 App Server EG (Oracle Press)

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I am a Support Analyst dealing applications/Services in OAS. I bought this book for OCA preparation. After halfway through this, I don't feel the stuff in this book is enough for a OCA exam. The book is not a in-detail material for OAS. It does not explain the configuration differences in each configuration files clearly. The author certainly lacks practical knowledge in OAS. I may have to go for the OCA book from Sybex too before appearing for OCA exam.

The book is inadequate as a means to prepare for the OCA exam.

A very confusing book. It actually describes the Exam 1Z1-311 and not 1Z0-311 as it is stated here on Amazon.com. The 1Z1-311 exam is a beta exam and not available at Oracle any more.
Besides that the book consists of a lot of copy/paste sentences from Oracle documentation set. I dropped the book and started to read the documentation set instead.

The author demonstrated lack of understanding of the topics covered, and no hands-on experience.

Managing a big database system like Oracle is not a trivial matter. The software is so complex, with many settings and fittings that can dramatically affect performance. This book is not on things like programming Oracle using SQL or any of the other big application areas. It is on the more mundane, and probably more important things like:

Installation
Managing the Application Server
Managing the Internet Directory
Managing the HTTP Server
SSL and OracleAS Security
The OracleAS Portal
J2EE Applications OracleAS Web Cache

The book is intended as a comprehensive preparation guide for the Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator Certified Associate (OCA) exam. Beyond that, this is a good reference book on how to set up and manage an Oracle 10g database.

The book is supplied with a trial exam on CD-ROM that also provides the answers and detailed explanations. With registration on-line, an additional exam is available.