RE: Opinions on this book...

I have W. Baird's book, "Oracle OCP". Unless there is a newer edition out it only covers Oracle 7.x, not 8 or 8i. I used it to help me pass the first OCP exam, SQL and PL/SQL. It was adequate for that if you also have considerable SQL experience with Oracle or other DBMS's.

For the second exam, Database Admin, it was less than adequate because it did not cover Oracle 8 features. It was even worse for Bacup and Recovery because it did not cover RMAN.

There are better OCP books out there. If you want my copy of Baird's, I'll give it to you for shipping cost, but I'd recommend the following book instead for DBA certification exam preparation: "Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Certification Exam Guide" (With CD-ROM) by Ulrike Schwinn, Jason S. Couchman, Jeremy Judson

I have been using the Oracle8 version, better for the OCP exams, but more importantly it contains a lot more useful information a DBA needs on the job.

Dean Jefferson
Oracle DBA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocky Welch [mailto:rockyw_99_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 8:06 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Opinions on this book...
>
>
> Hi Gang,
> Happy Wednesday! Has anyone read this book? I'm interested in what you
> thought of it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Rocky
>
> --- K Gopalakrishnan <kaygopal_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Rocky !
> >
> > I guess you are talking about his OCP TEst prepration guide.
> > I think it is published by new riders.
> >
> > A quick search on AMAZON.com will give you more
> > detaiils
> >
> >
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> >
> > > Hi Gang,
> > > Anyone know of a book by Willard Baird? I'd like to like
> to know the
> > title
> > > and any thoughts you may have.
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Rocky
> > >
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