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Summary: Good overview, but don't rely on it
Review: 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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Summary: Good book spoilt by lots of errors and contradictions
Review: Been an Oracle DBA for about 7 years. This book has many basic errors and contradictions as did the version 7 guide. Its a real shame as it will mislead and confuse people who will then probably fail their exams. Emailed Couchman both times but with no reply until recently when anyone who has every emailed him got an email which started a spam war due to his inability to use BCC. Not worth the money. Amazed Oracle would put their name to this - they should at least get the books checked.
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Summary: Please go for the book if you have some experience in oracle
Review: 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.
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Summary: It is an excelent book for take your test
Review: I am a OCP 8i thanks this book, the content is exactly you need for prepare all tets. The simulator is excelent
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Summary: Full of Errors - Buyer Beware
Review: 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 errors right away. Others, such as contradictory statements, are harder to reconcile. What I'm most worried about are the errors that I don't catch; I'm afraid that I could be committing false info to memory, and that it will be detrimental to my test scores. Also, (and this may be a little nitpicky) I would like to see better writing and editing. A lot of the sentences need to be reworded or deleted, and other sentences, even whole paragraphs, seem to be out of order. I think that I am going to rely more on the Coriolis Exam Cram books. They are easier to read, are more concise, and seem to be more accurate. Below, someone said that they were surprised that Oracle would put their name to such a poor book; I am NOT surprised. I also have an Oracle Press doorstop entitled, Oracle Developer 2000 Handbook. In the future, I will check Amazon ratings before buying any Oracle books.
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Summary: Full of Errors - Buyer Beware
Review: 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 errors right away. Others, such as contradictory statements, are harder to reconcile. What I'm most worried about are the errors that I don't catch; I'm afraid that I could be committing false info to memory, and that it will be detrimental to my test scores. Also, (and this may be a little nitpicky) I would like to see better writing and editing. A lot of the sentences need to be reworded or deleted, and other sentences, even whole paragraphs, seem to be out of order. I think that I am going to rely more on the Coriolis Exam Cram books. They are easier to read, are more concise, and seem to be more accurate. Below, someone said that they were surprised that Oracle would put their name to such a poor book; I am NOT surprised. I also have an Oracle Press doorstop entitled, Oracle Developer 2000 Handbook. In the future, I will check Amazon ratings before buying any Oracle books.
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Summary: Not a good source for complete preparation
Review: I am OCP certified DBA. I used this book for SQL and Tuning exams. I found this book not very useful, and also some questions and answers in the book are not correct on tuning section. Be prepared to found topics on exam that are not mentioned in the book.
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Summary: Oracle 8i DBA preparation
Review: 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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Summary: it's a good book to study for OCP
Review: I have just passed IZO-023 (second of the five-series) and this book is the only source for my study. I agree that there are some minor mistakes but in general, it is a good book and the author suggests several review sections at the end of each chapter enabling you to cover the whole part in a couple of pages. In summary, combined with some computer practice, this book should suffice for your OCP track.
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Summary: This book helped me certify.
Review: 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 own documentation (which is now available via the internet). I feel I learned a tremendous amount from this book, not only helping me pass the exams, but enhancing my career skills as well. I found this book was extremely useful, especially the PL/SQL, Admin and Architecture, and Backup/Recovery sections. For the Tuning and Networking exams I relied more on the Oracle documentation. This book gives an excellent overview of what is covered on the exams and Oracle's documentation helps fill in the gaps. I recommend this book to DBA's with some experience who wish to become certified.
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