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OCA/OCP: Oracle9i DBA Fundamentals I Study Guide
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Author: Biju Thomas, Bob Bryla
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 0782140637
Publisher: Sybex (08 April, 2002)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 22,543
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Not good enough
I spent about one month almost every night preparing for the exam by only reading this book. Unfortunatly I failed the exam. There are a lot of topics just not explained clearly by the book, although the subjects are all covered. And if you want to pass the exam with a safe margin, you need to understand completely all the topics. With just this book, it can be difficult. I havn't read other exam prep books. But I think having a second book might be necessary. But overall, this book is probably better than others, and can be used as a base.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Not enough depth for the newbie
This book is crammed with good information for updating your skills from Oracle 8 to 9. But it lacks instructional depth for any newbie trying to learn oracle for the first time. It contains page after page of command line instructions with very little explanation of how all this information ties into understanding the database environment. It quickly begins to read like unix man pages and sql sample scripts. It's good information to commit to memory for a test, but look for other sources to learn oracle in more depth. If you're already experienced with Oracle 8, then this may be what your looking for. It just doesn't clearly cover the "fundamentals" for new comers to oracle in my opion.
Rating: 4 out of 5
A pretty decent book...
This book is well written, there are a few errors here and there but the main points are brought about well. I scored a 57/60 on the test with mostly just using this book, and some oracle online documentation to get a little more information on some of the views, so on. Make sure you know redolog files and how they work, seemed like I had a few questions on the test about those. I didnt really use the flash card software with the book, but I did go over the tests at the ends of the chapter a couple times.
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