Re: Oracle OCP Book - Is This Correct?

Anyone from Oracle care to comment?

In some cases the problem with the book is that it doesn't reflect working reality. But in other cases it is 100% incorrect such as stating that you can not do an ORDER BY on a view.

Dan Morgan

Patrick Meyer wrote:

> I think a better question is 'Are these answers wrong on the OCP test?'
> I haven't yet taken the OCP tests, but I will soon.
> I ask this question because of some MicroSoft certification classes I
> took a number of years ago. The instructor made the point
> a couple of times that there is the MicroSoft way, as stated in the
> doc's, and there was the real way. He hammered home the
> point that the Certification tests were only concerned with the
> MicroSoft way and that if you answered the questions based on
> experience in the real world, you would likely get the question wrong.
> I wonder which is the case here. Just because something
> works in the real world, doesn't mean that is the Oracle recommended
> way. It could be the case that the tests only consider the
> Oracle recommended way.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Later ....
>
> Patrick
>
> "Daniel A. Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3C4E8AF7.9D44EF8D_at_exesolutions.com...
>
> > Thanks for your comments. I went over these with my students at the University
> > last night and they found it very disturbing that a book marketing under the
> > auspices of Oracle and used for an OCP test could have such obvious errors. It
> > definitely makes one wonder who got paid for editing ... and why. I think an
> > apology is owed by both the author and the publisher. But as you say ... it also
> > makes one wonder whether you could fail the test based on the fact that your
> > answers were correct and theirs are wrong.
> >
> > Daniel Morgan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Wed Jan 23 2002 - 06:57:09 CST