Re: Ask tips about DBA exam PL/SQL

It's true that the DBA Certification Exam Guide has quite a lot of errors - it makes me wonder if it was proofread at all. The subheadings frequently don't match their descriptions in introductory paragraphs, I have seen entire paragraphs repeated on facing pages, and I've noticed an occasional conflict of information from one paragraph to the next.

In spite of that, I'm finding that the book is a good introduction to Oracle (and database administration in general) and provides a good education on the topics covered in the tests.

I haven't noticed the same problems with the Exam Cram books. I have read one completely and I'm about a third of the way through the second one. On rare occasions, the information provided in the Exam Cram books conflicts with the information provided in the Certification Exam Guide, but it hasn't been a problem on the tests (so far).

I don't know of any source that lists the errors for any of the books, but there might be one.

Hank Murphy wrote:

> I was planning on following the same course and have these books. My
> Oracle experience is teentsy-weentsy, but I have a little DB2, and it seems
> to correlate fairly well so far.
>
> Do you know if there are errata available for any of these books? The
> reviews on Amazon were not complimentary in this regard for these books.
>
> BTW, the Couchman book is $69.99 at Amazon, and the others are $23.99 if I
> remember koreckly.
>
> Michael Smith wrote in message <37403A44.C83C63C4_at_teleport.com>...
> >Here are three books you can use to get throught the Oracle DBA exams:
> >
> >DBA Certification Exam Guide, by Jason Couchman ($99.99)
> >Exam Cram - Oracle DBA Test 1 and Test 2, by Michael Ault ($29.99)
> >Exam Cram - Oracle DBA Test 3 and Test 4, by Michael Ault, et.al. ($29.99)
> >
> >I have used these materials to get through the first two exams (without
> >Oracle experience) and I will be taking another one soon. I find that they
> >cover all of the material that is tested in the exams.
> >
> >HTH,
> >Michael
Received on Tue May 18 1999 - 08:43:24 CDT