Re: Seeking advice: Oracle9i OCP certification

Unfortunately the Coriolis books aren't available (but watch out, this may change soon!) so the Couchmans are probaly the next best bet. I also suggest the selfttest software tests. Also, and this can't be stressed enough, get a copy of 9i and work with it.

As to the posts from those running fossil editions of Oracle, I suggest they upgrade to at least 8.1.7.3 before running their mouths about Oracle without having full understanding of the latest versions.

Mike
"Van Messner" <vmessner_at_bestweb.net> wrote in message news:<udu3pnsj0pnuea_at_corp.supernews.com>...
> I've looked. In my opinion the 9i Couchman books have a lot fewer errors
> than the earlier versions.
>
>
> "Pete Sharman" <peter.sharman_at_oracle.com> wrote in message
> news:abmb7502ehn_at_drn.newsguy.com...
> > In article <24637f40.0205120414.52445e96_at_posting.google.com>,
> > prodbsolutions_at_yahoo.com.au says...
> > >
> > >I have been into Progress DBMS for a couple of years. I have been
> > >thinking of taking an Oracle9i OCP certification exams in the near
> > >future, but I am new to Oracle and have only some Oracle database
> > >administration knowledge (such as quering tables, and upgrading tables
> > >structures). I have had Oracle8i installed on my Windows NT 4.0
> > >server, and it soon will be upgraded to Oracle9i.
> > >
> > >I would like to get one set of Oracle certification books, probably
> > >OCP Oracle9i DBA Certification Boxed Set (by Jason S. Couchman), and
> > >using all the resources available to get an Oracle9i OCP
> > >certification.
> > >
> > >Has anyone, with similar background as mine, passed the exam by doing
> > >the same (or similar) way?
> > >
> > >Thank you in advance.
> > >
> > >Danny
> > >Progress Developer
> >
> > Danny
> >
> > Almost certainly people have done this before. In fact, one of the best
> Oracle
> > instructors I knew came from a Progress background, and learnt Oracle by
> playing
> > around with it, asking questions and so on. WIll it be easier if you had
> > experience? Undoubtedly.
> >
> > As for the books, I would suggest searching through this newsgroup for
> some
> > discussions going back a few months. Apparently Couchman's books had a
> number
> > of errors in the 8i and earlier releases. A lot of that information was
> > provided to Jason, but I'm not sure if it was in time to have an effect on
> the
> > 9i books. I also haven't personally looked at the 9i release of his
> books, so I
> > can't verify whether changes were made.
> >
> > HTH. Additions and corrections welcome.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > SELECT standard_disclaimer, witty_remark FROM company_requirements;
> >
Received on Mon May 13 2002 - 07:42:47 CDT