Just the first one. That is the only one I have tried. I have the second one Nov. 12th. I am spacing them out a little because I have football games to go to, holidays, elderly parents, etc. I will let you know the gory details if you wish. My approach for the second exam I signed up for (backup and recovery) was the same study Cor. book, take self exams. I haven't gotten a chance to do the self exams yet. Too many other commitments. So this is probably more from the seat of my pants. However, while going through Cor. I am using that to tidy up backup/recovery, writing disaster recovery plans, etc. Killing a few birds with one stone.
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From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:39 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: OCP Exams - What to study out of?
Paula - You're losing me on the connection between SQL and GUI. I can see a
connection between command-line DBA actions and GUI DBA tools. And some GUI
report writing tools create SQL for you, but usually we DBAs are called when
it creates bad SQL code and we must straighten it out.
So have you passed all 5 OCP modules?
Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
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Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:29 PM
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I took the SQL exam first and had no problems although I have heard others
have. I think it has to do with how I learned - I forced myself to use SQL
before getting hooked into a GUI tool of any kind. In the long-run that is
a good approach as you will always have that but might not always have the
GUI.
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Eva - Everything I've heard says that all the exam questions come out of the
Oracle University class Student Guides. To put it bluntly, your goal is to
pass the exam. You could study the Oracle manuals, but there is a lot of
material to cover and what strikes you as important might not be covered on
the exam, and vice-versa. Essentially you are getting two levels of
filtering. Somebody read the manuals and used that to prepare student
guides, then a group of Oracle instructors read the student guide and
prepared questions. I think that most of the exam guides were prepared from
the Oracle Student Guides and the author has at least taken the exam, so
they have a general idea of how the test is approached. Everyone has their
favorite exam preparation book and I consider this a worthwhile investment,
I bought Couchman -
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Two issues: Which exam track are you planning to take? 9i? 8i?
The advice I received is "don't take the SQL exam as your first exam".
Take the DBA exam first. The SQL exam is reported to be quite hard because
it covers all the odd SQL functions and can really catch you unawares. As a
practicing DBA you should find the DBA exam pretty easy. I didn't personally
take that path for my own reasons, but I still consider it good advice.
Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
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Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 6:09 AM
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Hello Everyone,
1. I have now made the humungous decision to start studying and to write the
OCP exams.
2. Do I study out of the Oracle Manuals?
3. I do have the Sybex Study Guides, would studying these be all that is
needed?
4. Or do the questions come out of the Course material ( Which I have not
attended ).
5. I do have some of the Oreilly "Insect" Books - would these be any help?
Any views, opinions etc appreciated.
Regards
Denham Eva
Oracle DBA
"UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to
understand the simplicity."
Dennis Ritchie.
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