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Books : Computing & Internet : Web Development : Web Administration : Certification : Exams : Oracle Certified Professional Developer (OCP)
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One of a series of Oracle Certified Professional study guides this one, as the name rather heavily suggests, covers the ground you need to know in order to pass the Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL examination. The exam forms part of the certification required to become an Oracle8i Certified Database Administrator or Application Developer.OCP: Oracle8i DBA SQL and PL/SQL Study Guide focuses first on the SQL querying language and then on Oracle's own implementation, PL/SQL, bringing in SQL*Plus, an Oracle tool for interaction with a database. Each chapter starts with a list of objectives and ends with a brief summary, a list of the terms that should have been absorbed followed by 20 multiple choice questions and answers. There is also a practice exam at the end of the book. The CD-ROM contains a bank of questions that includes those from the book and a further series of questions on electronic flashcards that run on a PC or a Palm device. The text of the book is also present in Adobe Acrobat format.
An instance early in the book of a reference to the wrong figure doesn't build confidence and later on a table is split between two pages so that you have to flick back and forth to make sense of it; but in the main the layout is reasonable.
The questions and sample exam paper are useful for getting the feel of what you will face in your attempt to reach the 72 per cent pass mark. Unfortunately there is nothing inspirational about this study guide, just of a lot of hard slog--but whoever said that passing exams was easy? --Mark Whitehorn
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The sole aim of the OCP: Oracle8i DBA Architecture & Administration and Backup & Recovery Study Guide is to enable you to pass two of the Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) examinations that form part of the Oracle Database Administrator qualification. These are normally the last two exams you'd sit in the series of five (the first is covered by a companion publication, TOCP: Oracle8i DBA SQL and PL/SQL Study Guide).The Architecture & Administration part starts with an introduction and then covers authentication, Oracle Enterprise Manager tools, creating a database, table spaces, storage structures and security. The slightly larger Backup & Recovery section delves the depths of all flavours of redo log files (online, offline, current online and non-current online), control files and data files. There are chapters on how to proceed without the aid of Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) and with it: go for "with" if you have to choose. Coverage is thorough and businesslike: after all, you aren't here to enjoy yourself.
For checking your progress there's a "test engine" on the CD-ROM that contains all the multiple choice questions that appear at the end of each chapter and practice exams. You can take chapter tests and practice exams or generate a new exam composed of a random sample of questions. There are also electronic flashcards of harder questions for downloading to a PC or a Palm for further revision. Pass marks are less onerous than those for other exams in the qualification: 58 per cent for Architecture & Administration and 57 per cent for Backup & Recovery, but hard work is still the order of the day. --Mark Whitehorn