OCP: Oracle8i DBA Architecture & Administration and Backup & Recovery Study Guide

By Jim Dilanni, Biju Thomas, Doug Stuns

OCP is Oracle2s certification program for database administrators, application developers, and financial consultants. The DBA (database administrator) track is the most popular, with more than 8,000 DBAs being certified each year. Sybex2s OCP DBA Study Guides provide complete coverage of exam objectives for the five exams in the DBA track: SQL and PL/SQL, Database Administration, Backup & Recovery, Performance Tuning, and Network Administration. The books are fully up-to-date for Oracle8i and include all the new features of Sybex2s best-selling Study Guides. The companion CDs contain exclusive self-testing software. The DBO (database operator) exam is a new offering from Oracle, which prepares students for the full DBA track. It is fully supported by Oracle2s partners: Sun, Novell, Compaq, and HP. Sybex2s Study Guide provides complete coverage of the exam objectives and includes a companion CD with exclusive self-testing software. Author Lance Mortensen is the author of many best-selling MCSE Study Guides. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0782126839
• ISBN13: 9780782126839
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Sybex Inc
• Length: 845 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 2.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for Arch. and Admin. Exam

I am a person with limited exposure to Oracle DBA stuff and this book was wonderful as far as the Part I is concerned. It is very well structured, easy to read and comes with a great CD full of practice exams.I passed the exam with a 58/64 score and I found the real exam much easier after going thro' this book (chapters 1 thro 9).I am not sure about the Backup and Recovery piece as I have just started my preparations..

BEST BOOK ever seen for OCP

Best book for passing IZ0-023, without any hands-on experience. Must read. Have not read the part 2 yet, but must be good.

Excellent part 1 (Architecture ...) Bad part 2 (Backup...)

I have passed the 1z0-023 (architecture...) easily only using that book. But I haven't passed the 1z0-025 (backup ...) whith that book because the 2'nd part is very unreal in relation with the actual exam.

Great Study Guide

After reading the whole book I can say this is a great study guide for Oracle8i and for the certification too. There are some erros on the book (Sintax Erros), but anyway the book helped me to get certified so I will give 5 stars intead of 4. The book doesn't explain why the things are that way (as Oracle Press books do), just explain that are that way. The questions that are on the book after each chapter are extremely easy...

Excellent preparation for the exams.

If you have the required experience, this book is an excellent guide to pass (and score high) in both exams. Both parts of the book fully address the Exam topics and the practice tests provide additional information. I highly recommend the other two books in the series.