Oracle Certified Professional Application Developer Exam Guide [With *]

by Jason Couchman and Jason S. Couchman

This text and CD-ROM package contains questions on product upgrades since the Release 1 exam. The CD-ROM with interactive exams holds over 300 questions, hyperlinked to the text. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072119756
• ISBN13: 9780072119756
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 1351 Pages
• Weight: 5.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.7" x 7.7" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

I want to say that this book is a must to get certified by Oracle. This week I passed the last exam (the Report one), and I can say that without this book you will never certify. I have finished all the five exams (from the first time-Thanks God) using this book as my main study tool (along with the Sideris manuals as a minor references). I can say that this exam guide will cover %95 of the material tested in exam 3 & 4 (Forms), 80% of exam 5 (Reports-which in my opinion is the most difficult), 80% of exam 2 (procedure features), and 90% of exam 1. As it is clear from this figure the material covered will help you pass all exams. For the report exam I think you should have supplementary material (like Sideris) for two topics tested: Matrix report and lexical parameters) but even without that you can pass the exam. In short, buy this book if you want to be OCP-Application Developer. I highly recommend it. Excellent work by Oracle Press.

A must HAVE book for any oracle developer

For all those planning on building an application using oracle developer and/or especially planning on becoming an OCP, this is a MUST have book !There are only a few books that cover oracle developer and i'm glad that out of those few, there is a great one like this. I don't think anyone will complain about the forms tutorial because it's so well written. Even though you have experience in building forms before, this book shows how to do things in different ways, ways that are probably easier and more efficient.The sql and pl/sql does pretty good job but you should read another book along with this one. For the forms, this is all you need ... guaranteed. The reports is probably the hardest test so you should read this book and do a lot of practice reports. I just passed all 5 test and i don't believe i would of done as well without this book.

The Best Book Available For Oracle Developer/2000

This book covers it all. SQL, PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, Graphics...the works. I bought it and methodically went through each unit, and then took each exam. I passed every one of them! I had had a little bit of experience with Developer before, but I wouldn't have passed a single exam without this book. Bravo!

Strong coverage of Developer Forms & Reports

At last, a readable book on Developer/2000. I wasn't planning to take any exams when I bought it...I just needed to learn Developer, and wasn't happy with any other book I found. After I bought this and saw how accessible Developer can be, I started signing up for exams. I've passed both Forms exams, and am schedule for the Reports exam. (I put the PLSQL exams last, because those parts of this book could use some help...they contain some mistakes, and I want a second book to augment the information.)For Developer alone, this is the best book available. For Developer and PLSQL, this plus the PLSQL Programming book are the unstoppable duo.

Worth the price for the Developer/2000 chapters alone

This book does an "OK" job of covering the two SQL exams in Developer/2000's five-exam gauntlet. But I needed to use Oracle Press's PL/SQL Programming book to learn about some things that aren't covered in this book's SQL chapters. That isn't a big deal...every developer I know has the PL/SQL Programming book anyway. Where the Application Developer Exam Guide shines is it's chapters on Developer/2000. It succeeds in giving the "big picture" of how Developer/2000's various parts fit together, while still presenting all the details accurately. Those chapters alone rate the book five stars.Before buying this book, I had already read the Developer documentation (almost useless), Oracle Press's Developer Handbook (bizarre and unfocused), and a book from Prentice-Hall (all I can say is "eh"). It wasn't until I read this Exam Guide's chapters on Developer/2000 that it all came together and I understood what was really going on. If I had started with it, I would have saved a lot of time.Get this book and the PL/SQL Programming book, and you will have ALL the information you need to become OCP-certified. If you already know SQL and want to learn about Developer/2000, this book has the stuff you need to know.