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Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Certification Exam Guide [Hardcover]

Jason S. Couchman (Author), Ulrike Schwinn (Author), Jeremy Judson (Author), Jason Couchman (Author)

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Series: Oracle | Publication Date: December 26, 2000

Prepare to pass All Five exams required for OCP DBA Certification. The only OCP DBA exam guide officially authorized by Oracle Corporation, this book/CD-ROM package offers comprehensive coverage of all five required exams:1Z0-001: SQL and PL/SQL1Z0-023: Database Administration1Z0-025: Backup/Recovery1Z0-024: Tuning1Z0-026: Net8 Administration

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Prepare to pass All Five exams required for OCP DBA Certification. The only OCP DBA exam guide officially authorized by Oracle Corporation, this book/CD-ROM package offers comprehensive coverage of all five required exams:1Z0-001: SQL and PL/SQL1Z0-023: Database Administration1Z0-025: Backup/Recovery1Z0-024: Tuning1Z0-026: Net8 Administration

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Get Certified with Official Exam Prep Material from Oracle Press!

Prepare to pass the OCP DBA exam with the only study guide to cover all five exams required for this challenging certification credential. Fully endorsed by Oracle Corporation and developed in conjunction with Oracle's OCP program, this book and CD-ROM package is the most comprehensive exam preparation tool available for Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA certification.

Featuring a logical methodology designed to reinforce your learning experience, this exam guide offers:

100% complete coverage of all official exam objectives
More than 300 practice exam questions-including both scenario-based and short-answer question formats
Tips, examples, and exercises to help you remember key concepts
Two-minute drills - Quick and concise checklist that summarize each chapter's main points
Chapter self-tests - Exam-based questions complete with in-depth explanations

Full coverage of ALL exam objectives for:

OCP DBA Exam 1-SQL and PL/SQL
OCP DBA Exam 2-Database administration
OCP DBA Exam 3-Backup and recovery
OCP DBA Exam 4-Performance tuning
OCP DBA Exam 5-Network administration

The bonus CD-ROM contains interactive exam feature that hotlinks more than 300 questions to the electronic version of the book for correct answers and explanations, plus interactive exam questions.

Product Details

Hardcover: 1156 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media (December 26, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0072130601
ISBN-13: 978-0072130607
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 x 2.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds

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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,692,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad .....but not great!, March 14, 2001

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This review is from: Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Certification Exam Guide (Hardcover)

The book is logically organized and quite easy to read. However, DO NOT rely on this text as your only source of information as it does NOT cover all the material (probably about 70-80%). Also the main author is Jason Couchman - not Schwinn, and there are quite a few typos and technical errors both in the text and the test questions.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good overview, but don't rely on it, March 12, 2001

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This review is from: Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Certification Exam Guide (Hardcover)

As overview, it is usefull. Compared with the exams, I found it covers about 70% of the material and has quite a few typo's and errors. The network part is CD only (bad). I suggest the Oracle DBA Certification Kit or the Exam Cram Books ... and a bit of practice.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Oracle 8i DBA preparation, March 15, 2001

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I found several errors in this book. Only if you are actually doing the examples you will realize that some of them are misleading. It seems like simple typographical errors, but for a beginner very dangerous.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It is an excelent book for take your test
I am a OCP 8i thanks this book, the content is exactly you need for prepare all tets. The simulator is excelent

Published on March 13, 2003 by William Quintero

2.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy
My background: 12 years in IT. 8 years with Oracle. 2 Years as Oracle DBA. Currently using 8i....
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Published on March 11, 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Too simple
This is a good book to give you a basic introduction to Oracle if you are new to it. The questions, although they test your understanding, are way too simple compared to the exam... Read more

Published on June 24, 2002 by Afshan Magre

4.0 out of 5 stars This book helped me certify.
I have passed all five exams for Oracle 8i OCP certification in Database Administration. My only study resources were this Exam Guide, Couchman's Practice Exams text and Oracle's... Read more

Published on February 6, 2002 by Certified DBA

4.0 out of 5 stars Please go for the book if you have some experience in oracle
Good book.Teaches in a simple and systematical way.Going for Certification?Sure have a copy of this book.But got to refere other books too.

Published on January 30, 2002 by Rajeshwari Sundaram

2.0 out of 5 stars Full of Errors - Buyer Beware
I am an OCP Developer with 3+ years experience, and I echo Duncan Berriman's comments on this book. Many of the concepts are already familiar to me, so I can spot some of the... Read more

Published on January 24, 2002 by Odysseus

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful
I passed the 5th and final test today (Networking) for my OCP certification, and I used this book as my main resource. Read more

Published on January 18, 2002 by Nada Adan

2.0 out of 5 stars Good book spoilt by lots of errors and contradictions
Been an Oracle DBA for about 7 years. This book has many basic errors and contradictions as did the version 7 guide. Read more

Published on October 17, 2001 by duncan1387

5.0 out of 5 stars Best training guide for OCP!
This book is excellent! I took a course live and online and they missed alot of things that are covered in this book. Read more

Published on September 6, 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Simply not enough
It is a good review material for you to know some of the important features of oracle in a short period of time.
However, it is no the book for you to pass the exam.

Published on September 4, 2001 by Eddie

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In this chapter, you will learn about and demonstrate knowledge in the following areas: Overview of SQL and PL/SQL Writing basic SQL statements Restricting and sorting row data Using single-row functions The first exam in the OCP series covers basic areas of database usage and design. Read the first page

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following code block shows, sustained recovery mode, log list command, standby control file, standby database feature, certain data groups, following code block displays, ofc developer, special trace file, multiplexing control files, bad data exception, group grpnum, first online redo log, redo logs, alter table products, database backup controlfile, redo log sequence number, rollback segments, alter table modify, damaged datafiles, rollback segment statement, recovery catalog, maintaining redo log files, rownum number, control file sequential

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Oracle Expert, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Instance Manager, Fill-in-the-Blank Answers, Oracle Parallel Server, Two-Minute Drill, Rule of Four, Backup Manager, Tuning Pack, Mon Apr, Oracle Corporation, System Global Area, Explanation Choice, Oracle Universal Installer, Schema Manager, Certification Exam Guide, Certified Professional, Fri Feb, National Language Support, New Session, Enterprise Edition Release, Explanation There, Name Null, Candidate Guide, Explanation All

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