Re: OCP Exam Books

Hi Kevin

When I studied for the DBA track I used the Couchman book as my main resource backed up with the Exam Cram books in the week prior to the exams. I found both useful particularly the Exam Cram books (there were 2 books for 7.3 certification, these have been expanded into one book for each exam for Oracle8 certification).
I have to say that I came at this with considerable on-the-job Oracle experience as both a developer and latterly a DBA, and I'm not sure that these books would be enough for somebody fresh to Oracle. I have used some of the Oracle CBT material and although I have found them useful I was bored to tears with the content and had to switch off the soundtrack to avoid the nauseous feeling it was eliciting (apologies to our US west coast viewers). It's now possible to register free for some trial lessons via the web from Oracle although you'll need a fast link and even then you will have to connect at a quiet time. I've had a look at a couple of these that Couchman himself presents and they are surprisingly amateur, he seems to be making the content up as he goes along and I certainly wouldn't be prepared to part with my hard-earned cash for this stuff. Good luck with your OCP endeavours. I'm now finding that clients here in the UK are starting to be impressed with Oracle certification and it's probably only a matter of time before it becomes a prerequisite just to get an interview.

Regards

NickB

"Kevin McDaniel" <kmcdaniel96_at_home.com> wrote in message news:KkhX5.34732$Y6.8860234_at_news1.mntp1.il.home.com...
> Has anyone used the Couchman OCP Exam Guides? I'm thinking about buying
> them, but Amazon has poor reviews, as does some other sites. Though I'd
 ask
> around.
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> Kevin
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Received on Sat Dec 09 2000 - 05:16:46 CST