Greetings,
I came across these two books for gearing up towards Oracle 10g OCA and
OCP ceritifcations:

(1) Oracle Database 10g OCP Certification All-In-One Exam Guide
(McGraw-Hill Osborne), by John Watson and Damir Bersinic, ISBN:
0072257903.

(2) OCP: Oracle 10g Certification Kit (1Z0-042 and 1Z0-043) (Sybex),
ISBN: 0782143695: A combination of OCA Oracle 10g Administration I
Study Guide : Exam 1Z0-042 and OCP: Oracle 10g Administration II Study
Guide : Exam 1Z0-043

I have not yet gone through these books. Before buying, just wanted to
know if these are the books to be referred or if someone got some
better options?
or some link which provide the same purpose?

TIA

On Dec 15, 2:02 am, pankaj_wolfhun...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
> Greetings,
> I came across these two books for gearing up towards Oracle 10g OCA and
> OCP ceritifcations:
>
> (1) Oracle Database 10g OCP Certification All-In-One Exam Guide
> (McGraw-Hill Osborne), by John Watson and Damir Bersinic, ISBN:
> 0072257903.
>
> (2) OCP: Oracle 10g Certification Kit (1Z0-042 and 1Z0-043) (Sybex),
> ISBN: 0782143695: A combination of OCA Oracle 10g Administration I
> Study Guide : Exam 1Z0-042 and OCP: Oracle 10g Administration II Study
> Guide : Exam 1Z0-043
>
> I have not yet gone through these books. Before buying, just wanted to
> know if these are the books to be referred or if someone got some
> better options?
> or some link which provide the same purpose?
>
> TIA

I have not read any of the referenced books so I can not comment on
them but I want to point out that if you are not certified yet that to
become certified one of the current requirements is that you take an
Oracle class. If the budget to do so is not in your plans then you
might want to skip buying the books and just read the manuals.

HTH -- Mark D Powell --

Mark D Powell wrote:
> On Dec 15, 2:02 am, pankaj_wolfhun...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > I came across these two books for gearing up towards Oracle 10g OCA and
> > OCP ceritifcations:
> >
> > (1) Oracle Database 10g OCP Certification All-In-One Exam Guide
> > (McGraw-Hill Osborne), by John Watson and Damir Bersinic, ISBN:
> > 0072257903.
> >
> > (2) OCP: Oracle 10g Certification Kit (1Z0-042 and 1Z0-043) (Sybex),
> > ISBN: 0782143695: A combination of OCA Oracle 10g Administration I
> > Study Guide : Exam 1Z0-042 and OCP: Oracle 10g Administration II Study
> > Guide : Exam 1Z0-043
> >
> > I have not yet gone through these books. Before buying, just wanted to
> > know if these are the books to be referred or if someone got some
> > better options?
> > or some link which provide the same purpose?
> >
> > TIA
>
> I have not read any of the referenced books so I can not comment on
> them but I want to point out that if you are not certified yet that to
> become certified one of the current requirements is that you take an
> Oracle class. If the budget to do so is not in your plans then you
> might want to skip buying the books and just read the manuals.
>
> HTH -- Mark D Powell --
Thanks Mark. I took an oracle course as rrequired.
Can you point to some books or some link which can help me in preparing
for the certifications?

On Dec 15, 10:26 am, pankaj_wolfhun...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
> Mark D Powell wrote:
> > On Dec 15, 2:02 am, pankaj_wolfhun...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > > I came across these two books for gearing up towards Oracle 10g OCA and
> > > OCP ceritifcations:
>
> > > (1) Oracle Database 10g OCP Certification All-In-One Exam Guide
> > > (McGraw-Hill Osborne), by John Watson and Damir Bersinic, ISBN:
> > > 0072257903.
>
> > > (2) OCP: Oracle 10g Certification Kit (1Z0-042 and 1Z0-043) (Sybex),
> > > ISBN: 0782143695: A combination of OCA Oracle 10g Administration I
> > > Study Guide : Exam 1Z0-042 and OCP: Oracle 10g Administration II Study
> > > Guide : Exam 1Z0-043
>
> > > I have not yet gone through these books. Before buying, just wanted to
> > > know if these are the books to be referred or if someone got some
> > > better options?
> > > or some link which provide the same purpose?
>
> > > TIA
>
> > I have not read any of the referenced books so I can not comment on
> > them but I want to point out that if you are not certified yet that to
> > become certified one of the current requirements is that you take an
> > Oracle class. If the budget to do so is not in your plans then you
> > might want to skip buying the books and just read the manuals.
>
> > HTH -- Mark D Powell --Thanks Mark. I took an oracle course as rrequired.
> Can you point to some books or some link which can help me in preparing
> for the certifications?

I've found the sybex books for 9i useful. For kicks, last year I gave
myself the goal to pass 2 exams ( procrastination ..in one month) and
directly tied the goal to my bonus income. I was able to glean enough
rote testing knowledge of some of the lesser known, but important to
know for the test, features to pass and get my bonus. No substitute
for actually doing the work, but reading and working the examples got
me through with room to spare. This as one of 6 required goals. It
was the easiest one.

pankaj_wolfhunter@yahoo.co.in wrote:
> Greetings,
> I came across these two books for gearing up towards Oracle 10g OCA and
> OCP ceritifcations:
>
> (1) Oracle Database 10g OCP Certification All-In-One Exam Guide
> (McGraw-Hill Osborne), by John Watson and Damir Bersinic, ISBN:
> 0072257903.
>
> (2) OCP: Oracle 10g Certification Kit (1Z0-042 and 1Z0-043) (Sybex),
> ISBN: 0782143695: A combination of OCA Oracle 10g Administration I
> Study Guide : Exam 1Z0-042 and OCP: Oracle 10g Administration II Study
> Guide : Exam 1Z0-043
>
> I have not yet gone through these books. Before buying, just wanted to
> know if these are the books to be referred or if someone got some
> better options?
> or some link which provide the same purpose?
>
> TIA

I haven't bothered with taking the 10g cert yet and are not familiar
with those (although I did take the upgrade class at openworld last
year), but I have a couple of points:

Different people learn in different ways, so what worked for me may not
work for you. That said, I found a combination of one of the books and
one of the online commercial tests was best for me (for 8, 8i and 9,
though I haven't bothered taking the 9 test, either). Each seems to
give half of what one needs to know. I think it was Sybex that gave me
a bogus cd on one, so I've avoided them since (though they did replace
it as soon as they could, that made it into procrastination when I
wasn't procrastinating, with all the shipping and hassle).

http://newbiedba.blogspot.com/2006/0...hints-and.html

jg
--
@home.com is bogus.
http://www.comicspage.com/pinkpanther/pinkpanther3.html

joel garry wrote:
> pankaj_wolfhunter@yahoo.co.in wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > I came across these two books for gearing up towards Oracle 10g OCA and
> > OCP ceritifcations:
> >
> > (1) Oracle Database 10g OCP Certification All-In-One Exam Guide
> > (McGraw-Hill Osborne), by John Watson and Damir Bersinic, ISBN:
> > 0072257903.
> >
> > (2) OCP: Oracle 10g Certification Kit (1Z0-042 and 1Z0-043) (Sybex),
> > ISBN: 0782143695: A combination of OCA Oracle 10g Administration I
> > Study Guide : Exam 1Z0-042 and OCP: Oracle 10g Administration II Study
> > Guide : Exam 1Z0-043
> >
> > I have not yet gone through these books. Before buying, just wanted to
> > know if these are the books to be referred or if someone got some
> > better options?
> > or some link which provide the same purpose?
> >
> > TIA
>
> I haven't bothered with taking the 10g cert yet and are not familiar
> with those (although I did take the upgrade class at openworld last
> year), but I have a couple of points:
>
> Different people learn in different ways, so what worked for me may not
> work for you. That said, I found a combination of one of the books and
> one of the online commercial tests was best for me (for 8, 8i and 9,
> though I haven't bothered taking the 9 test, either). Each seems to
> give half of what one needs to know. I think it was Sybex that gave me
> a bogus cd on one, so I've avoided them since (though they did replace
> it as soon as they could, that made it into procrastination when I
> wasn't procrastinating, with all the shipping and hassle).
>
> http://newbiedba.blogspot.com/2006/0...hints-and.html
>
> jg
> --
> @home.com is bogus.
> http://www.comicspage.com/pinkpanther/pinkpanther3.html
Thanks everyone. For me, the main reason for certifications is to be
get more knowledge and to increase my market value. But at many places
I have seen ppl NOT SUPPORTING certifications much. According to them
its a waste of money.
Its sometimes de-motivating.
Neways, thanks again.