Im reading the Sybex OCP book on tuning and it is absolutely loaded with inaccuracies.
Is the test the same way? If so do they improve it in 9i?
The book is loaded with all types of hit ratios, discussions about committing
frequently to IMPROVE performance, and other garbage.
anyone know the
Ryan - I took the 8i OCP for Tuning. I used Couchman to study with, and
don't recall any big differences with the exam. The exam is prepared from
the Oracle Education Student Guide for Oracle 8i. That would have been a
couple of years ago, and if Oracle Education was teaching hit ratios back
then,
I'm studying for the 9i Performance Tuning exam, too. I'm glad to hear about
the inaccuracies in this book. I have this book and the Oracle Press book by
Pack. I also have Oracle Online Learning and I think I will stick more
closely to that. Also, hopefully the Self Test Software gives a good
