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Summary: Another Oracle Press Dud
Review: ...this book is yet ***another*** Oracle Press dud...a poorly edited and/or written book.
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Summary: OCP Oracle9i Database: New Features for Administrators
Review: 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 :-|.
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Summary: Shame on Osborne press.
Review: 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
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Summary: Poor, especially when compared to previous OCP exam guides
Review: 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.
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Summary: Good book but can not count on it entirely
Review: I bought this book considering only to get the touch for the Oracle9i upgrade exam and I was true. It covers all the topics of the exam to an extent of 70%.For rest of 30% for any topic, you have to look into different material like the documentation of Oracle9i.
All I would like to suggest is this book will be a support to your passing of the exam. You can not count on it entirely for sure. Do refer the Oracle9i Documentation.
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Summary: Not bad to read
Review: I bought this book, selftest software. I also bought oracle9i new features. I noticed lot of errors in the quiz part of the book. I sent the errors to the author, who never replied back. I also sent the questions to BFQ software who made the quiz cd. Bruce at bfq said his inability to correct the answers as the liablty agreement with publisher is too tough. What ever, I passed my exam reading this book, oracle9i new features, and oracle documentation.
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Summary: Awful presentation. Lots of mistakes.
Review: I hate reading this book - boring.
Lots of mistakes in the text and in the software.
Test software is awful - multiple choice questions often have single choice controls. Sometimes duplicates of answer. Once I spoted even missed text of a question - it was just "New Question" I would never ever recommend it - buy another one - there is plenty on the market.
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Summary: Who edited this thing?
Review: 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.
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Summary: Strong Content...Poorly Written
Review: I have been an Oracle DBA for more than 15 years, and certified in multiptle Oracle versions. I have read a good number of the Oracle Press books. It is as if this book never went through the editing process. The content is there, but the explanations of the new feature are so poor in some cases that it was easier to go to the Oracle Online Documents.
I should have waited for the Oracle9i Exam Cram to come out!
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Summary: Long on promise ,Short on delivery
Review: 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!
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