Product Description

Comprehensive exam prep from Oracle Press

This exclusive Oracle Press guide will prepare certification candidates for the new Oracle Certified Professional Oracle Database 11g: New Features for Administrators exam. All exam topics are covered, including installation, configuration, application tuning, database management, backup and recovery, and security. The CD-ROM contains two practice exams and an electronic copy of the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113913 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 523 pages

From the Back Cover

A Fully Integrated Study System for OCP Exam 1Z0-050

Prepare for the Oracle Certified Professional Oracle Database 11g New Features for Administrators exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. In each chapter, you'll find challenging exercises, practice questions, a two-minute drill, and a chapter summary to highlight what you've learned. This authoritative guide will help you pass the test, and serve as your essential on-the-job reference. Get complete coverage of all OCP objectives for exam 1Z0-050, including:

• Installation and upgrades
• Partitioning and storage
• Intelligent infrastructure
• Diagnostics and fault management
• Performance
• Oracle Recovery Manager and Oracle Flashback
• Security
• Oracle SQL Performance Analyzer
• SQL plan management
• Automatic SQL tuning

On the CD-ROM:

• One full practice exam that simulates the actual OCP exam
• Detailed answers and explanations
• Score report performance assessment tool
• Complete electronic book
• Bonus exam available free with online registration

About the Author

Sam R. Alapati, OCP, is an experienced Oracle DBA who currently manages Oracle databases at the Boy Scouts of America's national office in Los Colinas, Texas. Previously, he was a senior principal consultant for Oracle Corporation in New York.

Customer Reviews

Maybe better than nothing
I took the Oracle Database 11g New Features for Administrators course and this book is basically a rewording of the manuals that were provided in that course. Sometimes the rewording is helpful, but I have also found mistakes in the text - e.g., according to the Oracle manuals, the default encryption algorithm for a SecureFiles LOB is AES192, but the book states that it is AES128, which is wrong. This is but one of several mistakes I've noticed just from using parts of the book to supplement the rereading of the Oracle manuals (i.e., I'm not reading this book straight from cover to cover). If you don't have the Oracle manuals, then this book is maybe better than nothing and the price isn't too bad. Also, I think the two practice tests that you get with the book plus the two practice tests that you can then download from Osborne make it worth it. There is nothing like practicing with electronic questions for learning purposes. I also highly recommend, as essential supplementary reading material for preparing for the exam, the series of (currently 18 of 20 planned) articles by Arup Nanda in Oracle Technology Network in the section entitled "Oracle Database 11g: The Top New Features for DBAs and Developers".

Lots of Mistakes
Well, I am already certified in 9i and 10g and have been through many OCP books before. I believe the big deal of these books is to get it ready as soon as possible and therefore have it available for sale. And that is the reason for so many mistakes...Don't get me wrong, because I indeed believe that this book can help you pass the exam. It is not bad and presents the student/reader with a very concise view of all the new features which is very helpful. Also, the author has passed the exam himself. The problem tough, is the high volume of mistakes in it. Quite often the book contradicts itself. But I have seen it before and I can ensure that, if used properly, this book is enough to get you passed the exam. Should you buy this book? Well, there aren't many other options available at the moment anyway. If you pay attention to this book and do a little research on the topics that you could not understand or whenever you find a mistake, I think you will be pretty much prepared for the test. I will be taking the test in a few weeks, hopefully it goes all well...

Could be better
I agree with the other reviewers who point out the number of errors and inconsistencies within the book; clearly there has been no sort of technical proofreading done at all, so that the book can, and often does, contradict itself several times on a page. I found reading it alongside a SQLPlus session worthwhile, to work out which assertion is the correct one!

I too have done 9i and 10g certification, and this book will do the job. I was pleased that there was more focus on the exam than in the 10g book, with direct links to the certification objectives, and specific 'need to know' points at the end of each chapter arranged as a very useful 2 minute drill. It's just that a simple proofread would have made it so much better.