Oracle Certified Professional Application Developer Exam Guide with CDROM (Oracle Press Series) [Hardcover]

Jason S. Couchman (Author), Christopher Allen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072119756 | ISBN-13: 978-0072119756 | Publication Date: March 1, 1999

Certify your skills and demonstrate your expertise by earning your OCP credential--with help from this Oracle-authorized exam guide.

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Aiming for developer-level OCP status? The Oracle Certified Professional Application Developer Exam Guide is the one book you need.

At the pinnacle of the client/server database world resides Oracle--an extremely powerful, albeit complex, database management system. If you're working with Oracle and haven't reached your own certification pinnacle, this guide will help start you on your journey. Proficiency in Oracle goes a long way in today's high-tech job market, and certification is a key way of assuring your talent.

To master the Oracle Certified Application Developer status, you must pass five tests that focus on Oracle's flavor of SQL, form design, and report creation--crucial elements of Oracle application development. You'll find in this massive Oracle authorized exam book all of the tests that make up the Developer certification track--Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL, Develop PL/SQL Program Units, Developer Forms I, Developer Forms II, and Oracle Developer Reports. Each examination is covered as a separate unit, so you can work your way through the text as you progress through the testing process.

To keep you sharp and provide periodic reality checks, there are two-minute drills, self-tests, and practice exam questions. Plus, the CD-ROM includes the Oracle Assessment Test--an interactive 300-question test program that closely resembles the one you'll use to take the official tests. --Stephen Plain

From the Back Cover

Get Certified with Official Exam Prep Material from Oracle Press

The Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Application Developer designation is proof of your ability to build powerful applications that transfrom complex data into meaningful information. Certify your skills and demonstrate your expertise by earning your OCP credential--with help from this Oracle authorized exam guide. The book provides full coverage of the Developer Track Release 2 exams as well as the Release 1 upgrade exams. Fully endorsed by Oracle Corporation and developed in conjunction with Oracle's OCP program, this book and CD-ROM package is a powerful preparation tool containing more than 400 practice exam questions.

Featuring a logical methodology designed to reinforce your learning experience, this guide offers the following study aids:
*Tips, examples, and exercises to help you remember key concepts
*Two-minute drills--quick and concise checklists that summarize a chapter's main points, perfect for last-minute review
*Chapter self-tests--chapter-specific questions similar to those found on the exam, with detailed answers to all questions
*Comprehensive coverage of Oracle designated exam objectives, including SQL and PS/SQL, Procedure Builder, Forms 4.5, Reports 2.5, and more
*Interactive exam on CD that links you directly to the relevant part of the electronic book

Make a smart career move and begin enjoying all the rewards of OCP certification. This officially endorsed study guide offers a complete preparation system geared to help you pass your exams with flying colors!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1351 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072119756
• ISBN-13: 978-0072119756
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.7 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,741,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the price for the Developer/2000 chapters alone, September 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Oracle Certified Professional Application Developer Exam Guide with CDROM (Oracle Press Series) (Hardcover)

This book does an "OK" job of covering the two SQL exams in Developer/2000's five-exam gauntlet. But I needed to use Oracle Press's PL/SQL Programming book to learn about some things that aren't covered in this book's SQL chapters. That isn't a big deal...every developer I know has the PL/SQL Programming book anyway. Where the Application Developer Exam Guide shines is it's chapters on Developer/2000. It succeeds in giving the "big picture" of how Developer/2000's various parts fit together, while still presenting all the details accurately. Those chapters alone rate the book five stars.

Before buying this book, I had already read the Developer documentation (almost useless), Oracle Press's Developer Handbook (bizarre and unfocused), and a book from Prentice-Hall (all I can say is "eh"). It wasn't until I read this Exam Guide's chapters on Developer/2000 that it all came together and I understood what was really going on. If I had started with it, I would have saved a lot of time.

Get this book and the PL/SQL Programming book, and you will have ALL the information you need to become OCP-certified. If you already know SQL and want to learn about Developer/2000, this book has the stuff you need to know.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good, but do not rely on this alone, March 2, 2000

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Jim Weber (Columbia, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle Certified Professional Application Developer Exam Guide with CDROM (Oracle Press Series) (Hardcover)

I have been using this book to prepare for the OCP Developer Exams. The book covers about 80% to 90 % of what you need to know (which is typically enough for you to pass the exam). I have just started reading the forms portion of the book and it seems to be inclusive enough for one to pass the exams. The information for the second exam (Programming PL/SQL Units) is not completely correct, especially the areas concerning what happens to related procedures and functions when you recompile related PL/SQL programming units. What I found VERY useful was to order sample test problems for each exam and use these in conjunction with this book. That way, I not only got a good review of the material from the book, but got at chance to look at actual exam questions (which in term identified the areas in the book that are lacking). Again, buy the book to help get you through the exams, but order test questions as well.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book Available For Oracle Developer/2000, November 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Oracle Certified Professional Application Developer Exam Guide with CDROM (Oracle Press Series) (Hardcover)

This book covers it all. SQL, PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, Graphics...the works. I bought it and methodically went through each unit, and then took each exam. I passed every one of them! I had had a little bit of experience with Developer before, but I wouldn't have passed a single exam without this book. Bravo!