Re: OCP books

Aidan,

I used Couchman's book. It follows Oracle's curriculum quite faithfully and for this reason I found it useful.

However, I must say that I found it peppered with errors; some trivial, some fundamental. For example, the explanation of Segments and Extents is very confused as is the explanation of the way numbers are physically stored. These are explained QUITE clearly in the Oracle Concepts manual. If you use this book, you need to doubt everything and cross-check it with the Oracle documentation ... which probably isn't a bad way to learn anyway! If you have access to printed copies of Oracle's documentation, then you may be better off to use that and save 80 quid.

Steve Parfitt

Aidan Pearce wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Im looking into taking the OCP exams at some point, ive been an Oracle
> DBA in a development environment for 20months and im not vastly
> experienced, ive found the following two packs/books:
>
> Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Certification Exam Guide - Oracle
> Press (Certification) by Couchman,Jason; Schwinn,Ulrike
>
> and
>
> OCP Oracle8i DBA Certification Kit
> by Dawes,Chip; alet
>
> Before I bite the bullet and pay my 80pounds for one or the other, can
> anybody offer their opinion on them, ive used the other oracle press
> book and found them very useful, however, the OCP Oracle8i DBA
> Certification Kit seems to have more content and learning
> accessories,exams and palm flash cards.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Aidan Pearce.
Received on Tue Sep 11 2001 - 07:36:22 CDT