Re: Best Oracle DBA Certification Study Guide

Hi:

I was about to buy the Exam Cram and the New Riders title too but the reviews in Amazon were not too encouraging. Especially lot of readers who were expecting a lot from the exam cram book were disappointed. They wrote on the online reviews that the book contained several mistakes. I skimmed through the New Riders book which was o.k but I think it lacked details.

From my understanding from reading through many Oracle book reviews on Amazon.com and newsgroups plus www.orafaq.org is that the OCP tests are derieved from two sources. Oracle Instructor Led courses which run $2500 and above (studybooks are provided by Oracle; these books are not available outside these courses) and the Computer Based Training CD's which Oracle sells in a partnership with NETG. These CD's run around $1400 for three courses combination or $600 each. Pretty steep but hey they have no competition. CBT Systems sells them too, pretty much the same price.

I did see an auction on Amazon.com today regarding the Official Training CD for the OCP Exam 1. Just go to Amazon.com Auctions and search for Oracle Training. Its not cheap though but far better price then the offical store at Oracle.

good luck with your exam

mark
lee_liddell_at_my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7hp98r$g3b$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>I am studying for my Oracle DBA certification, What are some good
>books people have use to gain there certifications? I would really
>appreciate any help possible.
>Lee
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