Oracle Database 10g Ocp Certification All-In-One Exam Guide [With CDROM]

I passed OCA exam thanks to this book and with a little help of SelfTest software. Very good writing. Authors definitely know the subject practically. It is a good reading on Oracle RDBMS internals. And more entertaining than the Oracle Concepts Guide. Again - their writing style is excellent, they do not over-complicate things and manage to explain complicated subjects simply and clearly. I wish they wrote something on efficient oracle design :).

This book is very good not just for clearing OCP but also reference for novice as well as experienced DBAs . The authors have covered the exam syllabus very concisely without leaving anything yet keeping the volume to a minimum . However for the part 2 exam , one might have to read oracle manuals thoroughly especially for resource management and scheduler concepts . The pratice test CD that comes with the book is very helpful.

As i saw, before buying this book, it's an excellent and complete reading for those interested in acomplish the certification. Don't forget to do all of the exercises! Good reading

I bought this book in addition to the Sybex guide. At this time I have taken only the first exam, and was happy with the instruction I received from this book. I passed the test on the first try despite my somewhat rusty Oracle skills. This book is extremely well organized and readable. The chapters are short enough to fully digest at one sitting. The information is complete, though I would say that it may not quite be as "test-specific" as the Sybex book is. However, unlike the Sybex book, there are great chapter summaries here which are useful when going back over things in preparation for the test. My suggestion, if you can afford it, would be to buy both books and forego any other study aids or classes you might be considering. There is some overlap, but each book does touch on some things that the other one misses and some topics are covered more in depth by either book. I would rate this one slightly superior, mainly due to its readability and lack of errors and typos.

i buy this book together with sybex's book and have passed the oca exam with 87% score (less than what i expected though). i found this book easier to read and understand compared to sybex's book, and the many-but-short chapters works better for me. if you could only choose one book to pass the 1Z0-042 exam then this is definitely the best choice. but don't forget to practise what you read (although the book makes it looks so simple), you'll remember more by trying each exercise in this book. added 5 feb 2007 : i have just passed my ocp exam last month, still using this book and the ocp 10g certification kits. the good thing about this book is it resembles the training materials from oracle admin II a lot, because it is published by oracle press. but just as the title says, this is the best book to pass the exam only, you need other references and lots of practices if you really want to master the oracle database technology well. however it is still a good idea to get the oca/ocp first to get you fire up (and increase your value for employers), and then continue to explore the beauties of oracle database in your daily works. as before, if you could only get one book for your ocp exam, then get this book. p.s. be aware that oracle globalization features (NLS) is now in the OCA exam instead of OCP, so the chapter structure for this book (and also sybex's book) need to be updated